Sundance Times - Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

Sept. 5 – House watch and business checks. Three bar checks. Nine traffic stops. Sept. 6 – House watch and business checks. Two traffic stops. Sept. 7 – House watch and business checks. REDDI report. Alarm at business. Traffic stop. Sept. 8...

Speeding – Henry R. Hall, IL, 99/80, $155; Jerald Noreen, MN, 79/70, $103; Jason Bartz, CA, 88/80, $101; Lori Pilgrim, GA, 50/45, $65; Justin Jones, Moorcroft, 101/80, $165; Hanlin Tian, IL, 95/80, $135; William Warren Reed, TX, 54/45, $103; Cesar...

Aug. 31 – Six VIN checks. Four traffic stops. Traffic complaint. Civil assist. Fingerprints x 2. Suspicious person complaint. Domestic disturbance. Burglary. Assist Hulett Police. Two EMS pages. Two fire pages. Sept. 1 – Six VIN checks. Two...

Aug. 25 – House watch and business checks. Three traffic stops. Trespass warning issued. Aug. 26 – House watch and business checks. Seventeen traffic stops. Aug. 27 – House watch and business checks. Four traffic stops. Aug. 28 – House watch...

Speeding – Jacob A. Ellefson, WI, 92/70, $165; Claudiu Vidulescu, GA, 88/75, $125; Kelly Norris, NY, 89/75, $130; Joseph Wager, IL, 85/75, $105; Mitchell Phillips, ND, 75/70, $90; Michael Payne, NV, 79/65, $140; Kevin Mejia, NJ, 89/80, $103;...

An appeal to re-examine Marty Smith’s guilty verdict will be heard by the Wyoming Supreme Court in September. Smith was sentenced to up to 18 years in jail after a jury convicted her of accessory before the fact to involuntary manslaughter and to...

Thirteen jurors sat at intervals in the audience gallery. Witnesses in the jury box. A courtroom of people wearing masks, gloves or both and multiple containers of cleaning supplies. A jury trial in the time of COVID-19 isn’t the familiar sight it...

Trevor Hartl of Gillette faces felony charges of assault after allegedly refusing to leave a local bar and causing bodily injury to the police officer who was called to escort him from the premises. According to a statement from the Sundance Police O...

Crook County resident Ricky Dean Wilmore has been given a suspended sentence for a felony charge of child abuse after allegedly causing physical injury to a child that was not the result of reasonable corporal punishment. On January 24 at 9 p.m., a...

Patrick LeFave of Moorcroft has been given a deferred sentence on a felony charge of strangulation following an alleged incident in which he physically attacked a female victim who then locked herself in a room to contact law enforcement. A Sheriff...

Aug. 22 – House watch and business checks. Three bar checks. Five traffic stops. Aug. 23 – House watch and business checks. Two traffic stops. Aug. 24 – House watch and business checks. Officer recovered stolen car that had been towed as...

Aug. 24 – Five VIN checks. Three paper services. Three traffic stops. Three sets of fingerprints. Fire department page. EMS page. Theft report. Aug. 25 - Six VIN checks. Paper service. Seven traffic stops. Two EMS pages. Fight. Animal bite....

Speeding – Ethan Feller, NY, 90/75, $135; Hector Covarrubiasarambula, CA, 85/75, $105; Ilija Macht, FL, 82/65, $145; Laurence Rockert, IL, 76/65, $115; Alan M. Garrison, Casper, 54/45, $103; Shanna J. Sorch, Gillette, 90/80, $105; Robert A....

Speeding – Thomas Culp, WI, 65/55 Failure to Stop – Jeffrey Hill, IL...

Speeding – Stephenie B. Anderson, Gillette, 48/30, $100; Jordan Higgins, IL, 80/70, $105; Sonia Bianchini, IL, 80/70, $105; Dallaney Vandivort, Gillette, 63/50, $125; Aj Castanedas, CA, 80/70, $105; Regina R. Rushford, WA, 50/40, $105; Chanda...

Aug. 17 – Seven VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stop. Vehicle crash investigated. Seven sets of fingerprints. Fire department page. Assistance to Sundance Police. Business check. Suspicious circumstance call. Motorist assist. Aug. 18 – Six...

A Rapid City man faces a felony charge of driving under the influence, fifth offense, after he was observed driving erratically on the interstate near Moorcroft. On August 8 at around 5:15 p.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper was dispatched to a...

A Gillette man faces multiple charges including aggravated assault and interference with a police officer. Vincent Everett allegedly attacked a Moorcroft police officer who chased him after a fight broke out in a local bar. On August 13 at around 11....

Aug. 10 – Four VIN checks. Two paper services. Five traffic stops. Suspicious vehicle complaint. Fingerprints. Crash report. Two motorist assists. Business checks. EMS page. Aug. 11 – Two VIN checks. Eight traffic stops. Subject booked into...

Speeding – Rifat A. Arif, MO, 88/80, $111; Michael Q. Totman, CO, 87/75, $120; Emily A. Verrastro, MN, 93/80, $125; Robert D. Felbinger, ID, 90/75, $135; Megan K. Gorsuch, Gillette, 84/75, $88; Scott Shultz, Casper, 90/75, $135; Joshua J. Cunningha...

Aug. 1 – House watch and business checks. Officer put on bike rodeo at fair. Traffic control for parade. Three bar checks. Six traffic stops. Aug. 2 – House watch and business checks. Officer found open door; owner notified. Officer responded to...

Bob Coronato has been charged with felony counts of strangulation and aggravated assault after an alleged altercation in the early hours of the morning that saw him attack a female victim several times. On July 31 at around 5 a.m., Crook County...

District Judge Michael N. Deegan has announced that he will be retiring from the Sixth Judicial District, which covers Crook, Campbell and Weston Counties. Deegan’s official retirement date will be December 25. Judge Deegan has served the Sixth...

A Sundance man in his eighties faces 52 separate felony charges of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Each count carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment without parole. The incidents allegedly took place over a period of...

Tateum Mae Moss of Beulah has been given a suspended sentence for a charge of aggravated assault and battery related to an alleged fight that took place at her Beulah residence. On September 8, 2019, at around 1 a.m., two Sheriff’s Office deputies...