Gillette man sentenced for possession

Gillette man Cody Shuck pled guilty to possession charges after he was spotted acting suspiciously near a Crook County bentonite pit, and has been sentenced to up to six years in jail.

A Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to a report of a suspicious person on October 8, 2019. The reporting party stated that someone in an older pickup had pulled into the bentonite pit, shut off its lights and parked.

When the reporting party walked over to the truck, he allegedly observed the driver lying across the front seat. He reported that he knocked on the window and the subject sat up, started...