Felony

The defendant charged with five felonies in connection with numerous criminal complaints including break-ins at the fireworks stand on US 287 has been bound over to District Court for trial. Tie Siding resident Jon Barton, 31, is charged with four counts of burglary and one count of theft...

A Laramie resident pleaded guilty to a felony in Albany County District Court on Thursday. Although no plea deal was offered, the prosecution dropped two sexual abuse charges he was also facing. Dusty Lee Haviland, 30, entered a guilty plea on one count of possession of a controlled substance-marijuana at a change of plea hearing on Thursday...

A Laramie man was arrested on a charge of felony aggravated assault after being identified as a suspect in an alleged stabbing in downtown Laramie. . Aaron S. Johnson, 42, was taken into custody on the evening of Nov. 24.  He is charged with possession of a controlled substance-marijuana and aggravated assault, which is a felony...

A former University of Wyoming student was arrested on a charge of aggravated robbery. Michael Luke Yerkovich, 27, of Rock Springs was taken into custody in Casper on Nov. 13.  A warrant was issued for his arrest after information provided to Crime Stoppers by a concerned citizen helped a Laramie Police Department Detective identify Yerkovich as the suspect in a 2013 armed robbery...

A Laramie man has been arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance. Marshall K. Matson, 34, was arrested on his fourth charge of possession of a controlled substance, which is a felony in Wyoming. At about 10:00 p.m. on Nov...

A Laramie resident was arrested for allegedly strangling a household member. Officers with the Laramie Police Department responded to the 2100 block of Wyoming Ave. at about 9:00 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 15.  The report received by police indicated that a domestic dispute might have been taking place...

A University of Wyoming student was arrested Friday on two charges of possession of controlled substances, one of them a felony. 19-year-old Austin White was arrested shortly after 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, after officers of the Laramie Police Department allegedly located pills and glass pipes with suspected marijuana residue in them inside White’s vehicle...

Two people were arrested in Laramie last week on separate felony charges. The first arrest involved the alleged theft of a trailer.  Officers of the Laramie Police Department were called to the intersection of 30th St. and Armory Rd...

On Monday, 32-year-old Jill Ann Culler pleaded not guilty to one count of child abuse.  If convicted, she would face a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Court documents say that an Albany County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a single-story trailer home in Albany County at 10:42 p...

A Laramie man will go to prison for the strangulation of a woman last October. Following a July 23 guilty plea, 40-year-old Bryan Edward Penatac was sentenced in District Court yesterday to 4 ½-5 years in prison for felony strangulation of a household member...

UPDATE: The more serious burglary charges against Taylor Harpham were dropped in District Court, and he pleaded guilty to 4 misdemeanors in Circuit Court. Judge Robert Castor sentenced him to 6 months in jail and 6 months of supervised probation...

John Michael Schnitker of Laramie has been charged with multiple felonies in the Sept. 26 homicide of Clinton J. Gartman.  The allegations include first degree murder, second degree murder, aggravated burglary, and misdemeanor battery...