Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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RIVERTON — An exchange of gunfire Friday afternoon during a traffic stop left the driver of the stopped vehicle mortally shot and a Highway Patrol trooper wounded. The injured trooper was released from the hospital on Saturday and is expected to make a full recovery. At around 3:26 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Sinks Canyon Road and Goodrich Drive near Lander, the trooper conducted a traffic stop, according to statement from the agency. “Moments into the stop, the trooper and suspect exch...
RIVERTON — A 21-year-old Fremont County woman is facing manslaughter charges after telling a Riverton Police Department detective that she used a knife to attack a man. Rachelle Lynch, who is a lifelong resident of the county, appeared in Riverton Circuit Court Thursday morning to hear the two counts of manslaughter, each of which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The second of the charges alleges that “voluntarily, upon a sudden heat of passion [Lynch] killed a human being.” Lynch’s arrest followed a call to police at 3:22 Monday...
