Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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The father-son duo who marked their neighbor’s cattle with bleach have been ordered to pay just under $10,000 in restitution – around a tenth of the amount requested by the prosecution. Judge Mike McGrady determined the figure following a restitution hearing last week, after which Patrick Sean Carroll was also given a sentence of suspended jail time and a $750 fine. His father, Tucker Carroll, will be sentenced at a later date. Both parties entered plea agreements in which father Tucker entered an Alford plea (in which the de-fendant maintains...
Dec. 9 – Two VIN checks. Crash. Assisted Wyoming Highway Patrol. Traffic stop. Business checks. Civil standby. Coroner call. Two EMS calls. Dec. 10 – Three VIN checks. Two fingerprints. Four accidents. Assist other agency. Two business checks. Two fire pages. Three EMS pages. Dec. 11 – Five VIN checks. Paper service. Two traffic stops. Four business checks. Two citizen assists. Animal complaint. EMS page. Fire page. Dec. 12 – Five VIN checks. Traffic stop. Two business checks. House watch. Traffic hazard. REDDI report. Fingerprints. Prisone...
Speeding – Ethan Jensen, Belle Fourche, SD, 84/80, $10; Kim Sow, Seattle, WA, 84/80, $10; Delane Waterbury, Lynwood, WA, 85/80, $15; Ciarra Eggers, Sundance, WY, 85/80, $15; John Phillips, Moorcroft, WY, 85/80, $15; Travis J. Raisley, Gillette, WY, 80/75, $15; Aaron Myers, Devils Tower, WY, 75/70, $15; Trevor Ousley, Rapid City, SD, 85/80, $15; Ben Bagniewski, Missoula, MT, 80/75, $15; Jacy Deboard, Spearfish, SD, 85/80, $25; Jacob Boltz, Billings, MT, 80/70, $105; Trent Moore, Gillette, WY, 88/75, $125; Jason Grady, Spearfish, SD, 88/75, $...
A previous resident of the county has been charged with sexual assault of a minor after his alleged victim came forward to report an assault that occurred more than a decade ago. On November 11, 2023, a Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy received a report that Morgan Anderson had sexually abused a juvenile female over a decade prior. The abuse occurred in Crook County, though neither party now lives locally. The alleged victim, during a forensic interview two days later, claimed that Anderson and his now deceased wife routinely babysat her w...
On November 27, a Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was traveling at 87 mph in a 75 mph zone. The driver, Willie Moorehead, allegedly stated he was trying to get home from his job in Sheridan. When asked for his license, registration and insurance, Moorehead “became nervous” and said his license was in court for traffic violations. Moorehead allegedly admitted he might have warrants from other states, but said none were extraditable. He also stated that he had a “little bit” of marijuana in his ve...
Speeding – Ramon Tapani, Woodland, WA, 84/80, $10; Brayden McClure, Mandan, ND, 84/80, $10; Lavonne Luby, Sycamore, IL, 84/80, $10; Karianne Hawkins, Buffalo, WY, 80/75, $15; Jacob Rodriguez, Cedar Creek, TX, 80/75, $15; Samantha Brookes, Inwood, WV, 85/80, $15; Castillo Martinez, Chicago, IL, 81/75, $97; Yadir Castillo, Fort Lupton, CO, 78/70, $101; Honor Heer, Aurora, CO, 79/70, $103; Justin Dike, Gillette, WY 85/75, $105; Derek F. Smith, Hulett, WY, 85/65, $160 No Seat Belt (passenger) – Christina Tapani, Battle Ground, WA, $10 Window Tin...
Dec. 2 – Eight VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stop. Trespassing complaint. Fingerprints. Fraud complaint. Business check. Dec. 3 – Five VIN checks. Paper service. Three traffic stops. Juvenile complaint. Citizen assist. Welfare check. Business checks. EMS page. Dec. 4 – Four VIN checks. Three paper services. Traffic stop. Citizen dispute. Animal complaint. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Two EMS pages. Two fire pages Dec. 5 – Two VIN checks. Paper service. Three traffic stops. Assisted Wyoming Highway Patrol. Business checks. Domesti...
Speeding – Chylo Young, Rapid City, SD, 84/80, $10; Jimmy M. Terui, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Nathan Belleveau-Butler, Arlington, VA, 85/80, $15; Jamie Johnson, Seymour, WI, 75/70, $15; Caleb Robert Knapp, Wright, WY, 85/80, $15; Sierra Cannon, Gillette, WY, 86/80, $97; Omar Solis, Shores, Fl, 89/80, $103; Terry Schaaf, Bowman, ND, 79/70, $103; Dallas Nix, Rapid City, SD, 85/75, $105; Yonny Labrada Heredero, Carlsbad, NM, 50/35, $135; Jose Perez Resendiz, Conroe, TX, 75/65, $140; Bryan G. Miller, Gillette, WY, 91/75, $140; Caleb Berry, G...
Nov. 25 – Two VIN checks. Two paper services. Three traffic stops. Fingerprints. Two accidents. Animal complaint. Missing person. Two suspicious circumstances. Traffic hazard. Business checks. EMS page. Fire page. Nov. 26 – Three VIN checks. Paper service. Two assists to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Animal complaint. Two citizen assists. Hit and run accident. Theft. Burglary. Fingerprints. Suspicious circumstance. Four EMS pages. Nov. 27 – VIN check. Ten traffic stops. Two motorist assists. Animal complaint. Fingerprints. Assist to Wyoming Highw...
Two Crook County ranchers fell victim to the scams of a Kansas man who was sentenced for wire fraud last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Jory Parks will serve five years of probation and has been ordered to pay back over $100,000 to his victims from a scheme in which he sold – but never delivered – large quantities of hay. “The victims’ desperation in this case was central to the success of Parks’ fraud scheme,” wrote Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin D. Hargrove in a sentencing memorandum. Parks’ scheme took place i...
Crook County Sheriff’s Office is reporting an increase in the number of scam reports in this area, which all appear linked by the caller claiming to be from the Publishers Clearing House (PCH). This is a known scam that the PCH itself has warned against. If you receive one of these calls, you can expect to be told that you have won a significant cash prize and then asked to send money to a specific place. The reasons given for this payment, according to the Sheriff’s Office, have ranged from a need to “verify your account” to “paying for the t...
Speeding – Caleb Fenlason, Sundance, WY, 84/80, $10; Nicolas Nelson, Blue Mounds, WI, 80/75, $15; Olivia Tougas, Thief River Falls, Mn, 85/80, $15; Rhonda Snow, Sundance, WY, 80/75, $15; Joni Ackerman, Billings, MT, 80/75, $15; Evan Fazio, Casper, WY, 80/75, $15; Natalie Laplante-Endres, Brookings, SD, 85/80, $15; Lorina Lopez, North Las Vegas, NV, 80/75, $15; Alan Beaudion, Weatherford, TX, 80/75, $15; Tyler Kromarek, Hulett, WY, 79/70, $103; Robert Murdock, Dawson, PA, 80/70, $105; Caleb Fenlason, Sundance, WY, 78/65, $125; Steven Yoder, B...
Nov. 18 – Eight VIN checks. Traffic complaint. Fingerprints. Trespassing complaint. Threats. Nov. 19 – Six VIN checks. Traffic stop. Residential alarm. Citizen assist. Assist to DFS. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Assist to Moorcroft Police. Accident; no injuries. Fire page. EMS page. Nov. 20 – Five VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Accident. Assist to Hulett Police. Suspicious circumstance. Trespassing complaint. Three motorist assists. Civil Standby. Two EMS pages. Fire page. Nov. 21 – Two VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Assisted Wyoming Highw...
Both father and son in the cow defacement case have entered into plea agreements that would see their felony charges lowered to misdemeanors. Two ranchers are accused of using bleach to paint markings, including drawings of penises, on a total of 189 cows and six bulls belonging to their neighbor. Patrick Sean and Tucker Carroll claimed their actions were intended to bring their neighbor’s attention to the problem of broken fences that weren’t being fixed quickly enough. The markings led to an alleged loss in value for the cattle of app...
Speeding - Elizabeth Meyer, Hot Springs, SD, 74/70, $10; Mason Rockafellow, Moorcroft, WY, 75/70, $15; Marcos Ramirez, Mission, TX, 75/70, $15; John Bailly, Casper, WY, 80/75, $15; Katie Strohschein, Wright, WY, 80/75, $15; Benjamin Kostka, Charles City, IA, $80/75, $15; Aaron Smoot, Bozeman, MT, 80/75, $15; Travis Forester, Gillette, WY, 86/75, $115; Marcus McDougald, Hamburg, AR, 94/80, $130; Kay Leigh Anderson, Apple Valley, MN, 44/30, $130; Matthew Lengfelder, Powell, WY, 89/75, $130; Kevin Findley, Butte, MT, 91/75, $140 Child Safety...
Nov. 11 – Crash. Animal complaint. Business checks. House watch. Project lifesaver. Suicidal subject. Suspicious person. Three traffic stops. Nov. 12 – Business checks. Five paper services. Traffic hazard. Four traffic stops. Seven VIN checks. Nov. 13 – Four VIN checks. Paper service. Fraud complaint. Suspicious circumstance. Accident. Animal complaint. EMS page. Fire page. Nov. 14 – Two VIN checks. Traffic stops. Two paper services. Two business checks. Assist other agency. Traveler’s aide. Trespassing. Suspicious circumstance. Two EMS pages...
A Moorcroft man has been charged with strangulation after allegedly grabbing a victim by the neck during an argument. On November 10 at around noon, a Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy was called to a domestic dispute in Moorcroft. The reporting party claimed that they had received a text message from a sibling stating that Jeffrey Dowling had strangled them and said he wanted them dead. The deputy asked for additional units and responded. As he was doing so, he received more information that drugs and alcohol were thought to be involved. T...
Speeding – Cory Morales, Gillette, WY, 84/80, $10; Lars E. Efraimson, Moorcroft, WY, 79/75, $10; Anthony Lane, Cheyenne, WY, 85/80, $15; Curt M. Rainbolt, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Marshall Conda Sasse, Moorcroft, WY, 85/80, $15; Robert Moens, Green Bay, WI, 75/70, $15; Kerry Schofield, Myerstown, PA, 80/75, $15; Roger Williams, Black Hawk, SD, 80/75, $15; Kevin Mitchell, Springdale, WA, 85/80, $15; Jo Ann Bachmann, Gillette, WY, 89/80, $103; Kyle Tornow, Seattle, WA, 90/80, $105; Gregory Flores, Spanaway, WA, 93/80, $125; Gabriel Knowlton, U...
Nov. 4 – Seven VIN checks. Paper service. Trespassing complaint. Motorist assist. Two fingerprints. Two suspicious circumstances. Traffic complaint. Business checks. EMS page. Fire page. Nov. 5 – VIN check. Four traffic stops. Suspicious circumstance. Medical alarm. Prisoner transport. EMS page. Nov. 6 – VIN check. Traffic hazard. Fingerprints. Three welfare checks. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Assist to Department of Family Services. Business checks. Housewatch. Animal complaint. Fire page. Nov. 7 – Two VIN checks. Traffic stop. Animal co...
Oct. 21 – Three VIN checks. Suspicious circumstance. Two animal complaints. Two thefts. Two motorist assists. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Business checks. Oct. 22 – Four VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stop. Business checks. Welfare check. Animal complaint. EMS page. Oct. 23 – Three VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stop. Residential burglar alarm. Two welfare checks. Citizen dispute. Accident. Trespassing complaint. Business check. House watch. Oct. 24 – Four VIN checks. Three paper services. Two traffic stops. Fingerprints. Suicidal...
Speeding – Jacob Roth, Bellefontaine, OH, 84/80, $10; Bobbi Robb, Henderson, KY, 85/80, $15; Jo Ann Bachmann, Gillette, WY, 87/80, $99; Kolby Rosser, Summerset, SD, 91/80, $115; Christopher Hall, Rapid City, SD, 93/80, $125; Lee Kravitz, Waltham, MA, 95/80, $135; John Davis, Monroe, OR, 83/65, $150; Cameron R. Wilkinson, Gillette, WY, 93/75, $160 Fail to Report Over $1000 Property Damage or Injury – Tomas K. Hardy, Spearfish, SD, $250 No Auto Insurance – Shellia A. St. George, Sundance, WY, $570 No Camping Permit – Leo Frederick Jo Pavone,...
Almost 30 years ago, the body of a young woman was found near Colony. She had been shot multiple times. We know that she was found on June 25, 1996 in a culvert on Hwy 212, about 75 yards from the border. We know that she had been shot multiple times in the head and once in the mouth, and that she may have been sexually assaulted. We don’t know why she was there or who wanted her dead. The 19-year-old’s death is one of many unsolved mysteries within the new Wyoming cold case database. It’s the only crime so far added to the database that took...
Speeding – Gretta Henrickson, Billings, MT, 84/80, $10; Sean Stanek, Blaine, MN, 84/80, $10; Jacquilin Fuller, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Rosemary Gerarden, Janesville, WI, 80/75, $15; Thomas Russ, Sturgis, SD, 85/80, $15; Andrew Elwood, Black Hawk, SD, 80/75, $15; Ethan Barley, Crown Point, IN, 78/70, $101; Ryun Olson, New Braunfels, TX, 90/80, $105; Christopher Steven Walter, Hulett, WY, 75/65, $105; Anthony Esh, Denver, PA, 90/80, $105; Erika Cheeseman, Rapid City, SD, 86/75, $115; John Paul, Garden City, ID, 82/70, $120; Dustin Allen E...
Oct. 21 – Three VIN checks. Suspicious circumstance. Two animal complaints. Two thefts. Two motorist assists. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Business checks. Oct. 22 – Four VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stop. Business checks. Welfare check. Animal complaint. EMS page. Oct. 23 – Three VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stop. Residential burglar alarm. Two welfare checks. Citizen dispute. Accident. Trespassing complaint. Business check. House watch. Oct. 24 – Four VIN checks. Three paper services. Two traffic stops. Fingerprints. Suicida...
Oct. 7 – Two VIN checks. Three fingerprints. Business check. Motorist assist. Traffic stop. Citizen assist. Oct. 8 – Four VIN checks. Three paper services. Traffic stop. Suspicious circumstance. Property damage. Information. Motorist assist. Business check. Oct. 9 – Five VIN checks. Two paper services. Traffic stop. Fraud. Motorist assist. Citizen assist. Accident. Suspicious circumstance. Information. EMS page. Oct. 10 – Four VIN checks. Five traffic stops. Three traffic complaints. Three fire ban violations. Animal bite. Fall. Fingerp...
