Arrest
Tuesday evening, August 29, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office issued a Shelter in Place Alert due to an active shooter report in the area of Spring Gulch Road from Highway 22 to Sagebrush Drive. At 9:04 p.m. the Teton County Emergency Management Task Force issued the following statement: “Those in the area of Spring Gulch…
59-year-old Richard M. Perkins was arrested in Oregon two weeks ago on a Park County Sheriff’s Office warrant. He is currently incarcerated in the Coos County Jail in Coquille, Oregon. The Park County Attorney’s Office charged Perkins with a felony count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Perkins allegedly sexually abused a minor in…
Washakie County Sheriff Austin Brookwell shared the details of a significant drug bust conducted by the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Greybull & Worland Police Departments. “We removed 307 blue fentanyl pills from the streets of Washakie County,” Sheriff Brookwell said on the departments’ Facebook page. “This had the potential to cause…
The Cody Police Department is in the crosshairs of social media scrutiny. On Sunday, May 21, the channel LackLuster uploaded the video “Dash Cam Proves Cop Wrong – Case Dismissed,” featuring footage of a traffic stop conducted by Officer Blake Stinson. LackLuster is a YouTube channel that seeks “to keep all public officials accountable.” Started…
On Monday, May 15, Yellowstone National Park officials confirmed that the “ongoing law enforcement incident” shut down the road between Old Faithful and West Thumb Junction was due to a fatality discovered by park rangers on Saturday, May 13. At 7:26 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, Yellowstone officials closed the road from Old Faithful to…
Within a month of offering a $15,000 reward for information, 22-year-old Lorna Roxanne Green of Casper has been arrested by the Casper Police Department, F.B.I., and A.T.F. as a suspect in the arson of a Casper clinic in May 2022. After a year of investigation, a suspect has been arrested for the act of arson…
Cameras don’t lie – home security cameras often assist in catching crimes and criminals, and recent events have the Cody Police Department hoping to get “all eyes on Cody.” The Cody Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in building a safer community. To do this, the department asks residents to consider adding their…
Just a day after a hit-and-run that left a child with several broken bones and a punctured lung, the Cody Police Department has a suspect – presumably the driver that struck the child – in custody. On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Cody Police Officers responded to 16th Street and Stampede Avenue…
The Lander Police Department captured felony fugitive Joshua Eaker after tracking him to a local hotel and struggling to subdue the knife-wielding violent criminal. A violent predator is back in custody thanks to the Lander Police Department. Chief of Police Scott Peters shared details of the dramatic arrest in an August 25 press release. On…
A recent hearing in U.S. District Court concludes the strange saga of Philip Dobbins, who will now spend over a decade in prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy. 44-year-old Phillip Aaron Dobbins appeared for a sentencing hearing before United States District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Aug. 16. It’s the final…