Wyoming Domestic Violence Law
<h1> United States of America v. Eileen Marie Hurley </h1></h1>
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. <br> <br> Eileen Marie Hurley, 71, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - WY)<h1> United States of America v. Kevin Joseph Mendibles </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ethete man sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment for second-degree murder</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Kevin Joseph Mendibles, 37, of Ethete, Wyoming, was sentence... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - WY)State of Wyoming v. Matthew Justin Olson </cente>
<h2><br> Evanston, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.<br> </h2><br> In April 2021, Matthew Olson was incarcerated in the Platte County Detention Center in Wheatland, Wyoming, pending trial on a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. During this same time, Mr. Olson also had pending state charges for ... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - WY)<h1> United States of America v. Zachary James Hernandez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cheyenne man sentenced to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Zachary James Hernandez, 43... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - WY)<h1> United States of America v. Derek Edward Lanctot</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Transient from Denver sentenced to 15 years on fentanyl and firearm charges</h2></center><... More...
$0 (11-01-2024 - WY)<h1> United States of America v. Ezekiel Frank James Ute </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder in the second degree </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fort Washakie man sentenced for murder in the second degree</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ezekiel Frank James Ute, 23, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was charged wi... More...
$0 (11-01-2024 - WY)<h1> United States of America v. Frank Ray Berris </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Casper, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Casper man sentenced to 90 months on a federal firearm offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Frank Ray Berris, 53, of Casper, Wyomi... More...
$0 (09-23-2024 - WY)United States of America v. Danny Lee Jimenez
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felony in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> The crime was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Elmore prosecuted the case.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 922(g) provides:<br> <br> (g) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> (1) who has been convict... More...
$0 (05-22-2023 - WY)<H2> United States of America v. Reland Leonard-Hiwalker, a/k/a Reland Ferris </H2>
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault by strangulation in Indian Country.<br> <br> Reland Leonard-Hiwalker, age 37, from Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was accused of domestic assault by strangulation in violation of ... More...
$0 (10-31-2022 - WY)United States of America v. Seth Thomas Blackburn, Peter Joseph Blackburn, a/k/a "Homer," and Brent Jordan Gould
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping that resulted in death.<br> <br> Seth Thomas Blackburn, age 31, of Riverston, Wyoming, Peter Joseph Blackburn, a/k/a "Homer," age 34,Riverton, Wyoming, and Brent Jordan Gould, age 30, of Riverton, Wyoming were charged with kidnapping that resulted in the death of Victor Dale Addision. <br> <br> On the afternoon... More...
$0 (08-18-2021 - WY)United States of America v. Isaac Dorman
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Carjacking and Aiding and Abetting, Using, Carrying and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, Theft from a Federally Licensed Dealer of Firearms.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. §2119 and §2<br> <br> Whoever, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm 1 takes a motor vehicle that has be... More...
$0 (08-05-2021 - WY)United States of America v. Theodore Eugene Garland
Jackson, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal activities and violations of national park regulations offering to provide guided tours of Yellowstone.<br> <br> Theodore Eugene Garland, age 60 of Edmond, Oklahoma was sentenced on seven counts of illegal activities and violations in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Garland appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Ma... More...
$0 (07-20-2021 - WY)United States of America v. Renfred Earl Aoah
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Cheyenne, WY - The United States of America charged Renfred Earl Aoah with assaulting an inti... More...
$0 (03-29-2020 - WY)United States of America v. Jason August Obermueller
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Cheyenne, WY - The United States of America charged Jason August Obermueller with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922, which provides:<br> <br> (a) It shall be unlawful—<br> <br> (1) for any person—<br> <br> (A) except a licensed importer, license... More...
$0 (09-10-2019 - WY)United States of America v. Jonathan Alexander Olivares
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Cheyenne, WY Suspect in Evanston carjacking case receives 184 Months in Federal Prison<br> <br> JONATHAN ALEXANDER OLIVARES, 26, of Uinta County, Wyoming was sentenced in Federal District Court on March 25, 2019 by Chief United States District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl for carjacking and... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - WY)United States of America v. Kellen Michael Sorber
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Cheyenne, WY - REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS ARSONIST SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br> <br> Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced KELLEN MICHAEL SORBER, 27, to forty-four months in federal prison for setting fire to the Albany County Republican Party Headqu... More...
$0 (03-20-2019 - WY)United States of America v. Antoine Mitchell, Moses D. Dickens III, and Christopher Dominguez
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Cheyenne, WY - THREE MEN SENTENCED FOR MULTI-STATE CRIME SPREE INCLUDING CARJACKING AND PHARMACY ROBBERIES IN WYOMING AND NEW MEXICO<br> <br> New Mexico residents Antoine Mitchell, Moses D. Dickens III, and Christopher Dominguez, were all sentenced in a Cheyenne federal court recently ... More...
$0 (03-05-2019 - WY)Steven Jacob Mitchell V. The State of Wyoming
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Wyoming_Supreme_Court_Building%2C_Cheyenne%2C_Southwest_view_20110823_1.jpg "><br> <h2> Wyoming Supreme Court </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Mr. Mitchell’s criminal proceeding arose from his actions during a lengthy custody battle over his daughter, EP. The custody proceedings involved several jurisdictions... More...
$0 (10-02-2018 - WY)Jacob Alan Buszkiewic v. The State of Wyoming <table> <td>
Mr. Buszkiewic and Sarah Oakland were involved in an on-again-off-again romantic relationship. In April 2016, Ms. Oakland, who resided in Sheridan, Wyoming, spent a couple of weeks with Mr. Buszkiewic at his house in Laramie, Wyoming. On April 29, 2016, the couple visited several bars, with their final stop of the night being Bud’s Bar in West Laramie. They stayed at the bar after it closed a... More...
$0 (08-30-2018 - WY)DONALD DEAN FOLTZ, JR. v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>
In the fall of 2014, Mr. Foltz moved into the home of his girlfriend, Amanda Russell, and her two children. On December 22, 2014, Ms. Russell took her two-year-old son, BB, to a pediatrician, Dr. Fall, with concerns that BB had been vomiting, complaining of leg pain, and that he was bruising easily. After an examination and receiving the results of blood work, Dr. Fall concluded that BB’s inj... More...
$0 (12-30-2017 - WY)Terry Laverne Schmuck v. The State of Wyoming <table> <td>
Mr. Schmuck struck his wife, Cindy Schmuck, in the head with a hatchet. The blow fractured her skull and caused an underlying hemorrhage into the brain. The State charged Mr. Schmuck with one count of attempted murder in the first degree. The trial court also instructed the jury on the lesser included offenses of attempted murder in the second degree and attempted voluntary manslaughter. <br> ... More...
$0 (12-04-2017 - WY)JUSTIN TANNER KING V. THE STATE OF WYOMING
On March 14, 2015, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received a report from Patricia Barrett that her ex-boyfriend, Mr. King, had assaulted her earlier that evening. Ms. Barrett reported that Mr. King became angry when he learned Ms. Barrett had been in a new relationship after she and Mr. King had separated. Ms. Barrett stated that Mr. King held a knife to her throat, struck her in the face... More...
$0 (10-28-2017 - WY)FRANK EUGENE VILLARREAL v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>
Ian Campos and Robert Flores were driving from Denver to Rawlins in Mr. Campos’ vehicle when Mr. Campos realized that he might run out of gas. He called Mr. Villarreal, who met them with gas at a truck stop in Sinclair. At the truck stop, Mr. Villarreal and Mr. Flores began to argue, and Mr. Villarreal punched Mr. Flores in the face. They decided totake their dispute south of Rawlins and fight.<... More...
$0 (07-08-2017 - WY)<b>Matthew Scott Worley v. The State of Wyoming</b>
On Thanksgiving Day of 2013, Officers Ryan Mussell and Dennis Deur with the Gillette Police Department responded to a report of a 911 hang up call. They responded to the address in question and first made contact with Mr. Worley. Mr. Worley invited the officers inside, and Officer Mussell interviewed Mr. Worley while Officer Deur interviewed Mr. Worley’s wife, Rebecca Worley. Officer Mussell ... More...
$0 (01-13-2017 - WY)United States of America v. Richard Anthony Root
Richard Anthony Root, 52, of Granger, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on July 22, 2016, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Root was arrested in Granger, Wyoming. He received 38 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Sweetwater... More...
$0 (07-28-2016 - WY)State of Wyoming, et al. v. United States Department of the Interior, et al.
This matter comes before the Court on the Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action filed separately in each of these consolidated actions, challenging the Bureau of Land Management's issuance of regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. The Court, having considered the briefs and materials submitted in support of the petitions and the oppositions thereto, includi... More...
$0 (06-23-2016 - WY)Richard J. Redding v.The State of Wyoming
On the evening of December 26, 2014, Mr. Redding was intoxicated and arguing with his wife. In an effort to calm himself and prevent the dispute with his wife from escalating, he called law enforcement. Officers Ableman and Coates of the Douglas, Wyoming Police Department responded to the call. Mr. Redding told the officers his wife had been yelling at him and causing problems, and he asked tha... More...
$0 (04-01-2016 - WY)Heather A. Harada v. The State of Wyoming
In February 2010, while Ms. Harada was an employee of Cheyenne Transitional Center, a community correctional facility, she had a sexual relationship with an inmate at the facility. On January 7, 2011, the State filed an information charging Ms. Harada with one count of second degree sexual assault, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. §6-2303(a)(vii), which prohibits a correctional employee from hav... More...
$0 (02-16-2016 - WY)Shey Elan Bruce v. The State of Wyoming
Charles Darrell Laster and Lavena Laster were originally married in 1996, divorced in 2004, remarried in 2007, and separated again, though not divorced, in 2010. In 2010, the Lasters were living in Shoshoni, Wyoming, and when they separated, Mrs. Laster moved to Mesa, Arizona. Mrs. Laster lived in Arizona until March 2013, when Mr. Laster bought her a bus ticket so she could return to Shoshoni. ... More...
$0 (02-16-2016 - WY)Nathaniel Castellanos V. The State of Wyoming
On August 23, 2011, Mr. Castellanos decided to take a few days leave from his employment to deal with the stress he was experiencing from a break-up with his fiancé that afternoon and from child custody disputes he was having with his ex-wife. That evening, he sent text messages to his friend Megan McIntosh inviting her for a beer and to play poker at Mingles Bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The two ... More...
$0 (01-26-2016 - WY)United States of America v. Harold Creighton
Cheyenne, WY - Wyoming Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine<br> <br> Thirty-nine year old Casper, Wyoming resident Harold Creighton has been sentenced to life imprisonment in federal court.<br> <br> Creighton was convicted on November 2, 2015 after a jury of 12 persons found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine. During trial, the United Sta... More...
$0 (01-12-2016 - WY)John Henry Knospler, Jr. v. The State of Wyoming
On the night of October 3, 2013, Appellant and the victim, James Baldwin, separately visited Racks Gentlemen’s Club in Casper. Around 10:30 p.m., Appellant was asked to leave after he was observed with marijuana inside the bar. Appellant left and sat in his vehiclein the parking lot. Shortly before midnight, bar employees found the victim asleep at a bar table and asked him to leave. The emp... More...
$0 (01-08-2016 - WY)John Henry Knospler, Jr. The State of Wyoming
On the night of October 3, 2013, Appellant and the victim, James Baldwin, separately visited Racks Gentlemen’s Club in Casper. Around 10:30 p.m., Appellant was asked to leave after he was observed with marijuana inside the bar. Appellant left and sat in his vehiclein the parking lot. Shortly before midnight, bar employees found the victim asleep at a bar table and asked him to leave. The emp... More...
$0 (01-05-2016 - WY)United States of America v. Joel S. Elliott
Casper, WY - Wyoming Man Sentenced for Arson of Building Receiving Federal Funds; Using a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Possession of an Unregistered Firearm; and False Declaration Before a Grand Jury (U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming<br> <br> Joel S. Elliott has been sentenced to thirty-seven (37) years of imprisonment in federal court, consecutive to time being ... More...
$0 (12-18-2015 - WY)Cloud v. State Of Wyoming
On August 26, 2009, Appellant Wyatt Bear Cloud and two co-defendants were involved in the armed burglary of a residence in Sheridan, Wyoming. During the course of the burglary, one of Bear Cloud's co-defendants shot and killed one of the home's residents. Bear Cloud was charged with, and ultimately pleaded guilty to, Murder in the First Degree (Felony-Murder), in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-... More...
$0 (11-23-2015 - WY)John Wallace McGinn v. The State of Wyoming
Mr. McGinn and his wife, Shari Swenson, lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with their eight-year-old daughter, K. Ms. Swenson worked long hours, and Mr. McGinn was a stay-at-home dad. On the day after Thanksgiving 2012, Mr. McGinn was at home with K and he instructed her to fold the laundry. K balked, and swung at him, and Mr. McGinn testified that he gave her a “swat on her bottom, not very hard, a... More...
$0 (11-07-2015 - WY)United States of America v. Marshall Glenn McGinty
Cheyenne, WY - Man sentenced for possession of a firearm, carjacking and using a firearm to commit a crime<br> <br> Marshall Glenn McGinty, 44, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on September 24, 2015, for being a felon in possession of a firearm; carjacking; and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. McGinty was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received... More...
$0 (09-24-2015 - WY)United States of America v. Steven P. Burns
In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Steven Burns challenges<br> the amount of restitution that the district court ordered him to pay. Having<br> jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM.<br> I. BACKGROUND<br> Burns, a custodian at the Rock Springs, Wyoming post office, pled guilty to<br> one count of possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. �... More...
$0 (09-10-2015 - WY)GARY C’HAIR and ROCHELLE C’HAIR, v. DISTRICT COURT of the NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT and JOHN STROHECKER,
On July 27, 2009, Plaintiff, John Strohecker, who is a non-Indian resident of Riverton, Wyoming, was traveling southbound on Wyoming Highway 789 from his home in Riverton to Lander, Wyoming. As Plaintiff passed the parking lot of the Northern Arapaho 789 Smokeshop/Casino, Defendant Gary C’Hair pulled out of the parking lot and struck the vehicle Mr. Strohecker was driving. Mr. C’Hair is an ... More...
$0 (08-26-2015 - WY)Heidi Gjersten v. Herman Ter Haar
[¶1] Pursuant to a California court order, Herman Ter Haar (Father) has sole legal and<br> physical custody of the parties' child (the child), subject to limited visitation by Heidi<br> Gjertsen (Mother). Mother appeals from the district court's order denying her petition for<br> modification of the California order pertaining to custody, care and visitation with the<br> child. We conclude the di... More...
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