Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
A total of eleven law enforcement officers from three agencies combined forces last week to apprehend an Illinois man who was reported to be suicidal after being shamed for getting vaccinated.
On July 20 at around 10:30 a.m., dispatch alerted all Crook County Sheriff’s Office units that a suicidal subject armed with a shotgun was located in a vehicle on Highway 14.
The initial response included both Sheriff’s Office deputies and Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers. According to the report of one of the deputies, witnesses on Highway 14 waited for them to arrive in order to show them where the vehi...