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Jail sentence for Gillette man charged with meth possession

Jason Arnhold of Gillette has been sentenced to jail for possession of methamphetamine after allegedly leading a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper on a late-night chase along both the interstate and a graveled county road, at one point driving directly towards the trooper’s vehicle.

On March 20 at around 11:46 p.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper left the interstate at the Beaver Creek Road off ramp. His headlights illuminated a pickup parked under the overpass with its lights off.

The trooper reports noticing the headlights and tail lights become illuminated and the truck begin to drive forwar...

 
 
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