CASPER, Wyo. — Provided below are the defendants and charges from appearances in Natrona County Circuit Court on Friday and Monday. The Honorable Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Judge Brian Christensen presided while Assistant District Attorney Jeff Meyer represented the state.
All defendants entering not guilty pleas or charged with felonies are presumed innocent until convicted or pleading guilty. Charges may be amended in future proceedings.
Pleas on felony charges are not entered in circuit court, though bond conditions are set. Misdemeanors charged in same information are engrossed with the felony and pled to in district court.
A bail bondsman can post a surety bond, typically requiring 10–15%. A “personal recognizance” or “signature” bond means there is no money required to get out, but the defendant could owe the full amount if they fail to appear.
Factors affecting bond and sentencing include the nature of the crime, the weight of the evidence, the defendant’s criminal history and their ties to the community.
For probation revocations, the state is only required to prove the allegations in an affidavit for revocation “to a preponderance of the evidence.” For defendants denying probation violations, a new bond is set. For purposes of this document, admissions and denials are represented as guilty and not guilty pleas, respectively.
Standard fees typically include $150 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, $70 in court costs and $50 to Drug Court assessment. Additional fines or restitution may be imposed at sentencing.
Felonies and engrossed misdemeanors
- Thomas Soto, 26 – Strangulation of aHousehold Member, Domestic Battery
- $10,000 cash or surety bond
Guilty and no-contest pleas
- Lance Sivertson, 53 – Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana
- One year suspended, one year supervised probation, $500 fine
- Jeremy Poole – Probation Revocation
- Four days jail, six months suspended, one year supervised probation
- Breanna Malloy, 18 – Probation Revocation, Minor Consuming Alcohol
- 30 days jail
- Shawn Riley, 50 – Possession of Methamphetamine
- Seven days jail, one year resuspended, two years supervised probation
- Veronica Spotted Elk, 42 – Probation Revocation
- Seven days jail, one year resuspended, one year supervised probation
Not guilty pleas
- Richard Olsen, 35 – Domestic Battery
- $750 cash or surety bond
- Rufus Thomas, 60 – Possession of Methamphetamine
- $1,000 personal recognizance bond
- Amber Ferre, 31 – Driving under Suspension, No Registration, Possession of a Controlled Substance
- $1,200 cash or surety bond continued
- Aaron Hutsell, 20 – DUI: Alcohol: Second in 10 Years, Driving under Suspension, No Insurance: Second Offense, Speeding: Construction Zone
- $2,800 cash or surety bond continued
- Clint Witcher – Probation Revocation
- $500 personal recognizance bond
- Alice Knight, 57 – Possession of Methamphetamine
- $2,800 cash or surety bond
- Mariah Perkins, 22 – Domestic Battery
- $250 cash or surety bond
- Antonio Rodriguez, 26 – Possession of Methamphetamine
- $500 cash or surety bond
- Trey Watson, 32 – Possession of Methamphetamine
- $1,000 cash or surety bond
Other
Andrew Kelly – Waived extradition to Montana on Gallatin County warrant ($100,000 cash-only bond)
