Tag: Wyoming
Gregory Keith McCoy, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribute, Wyoming 2025
⏱ 2 min read Gregory Keith McCoy, a 56-year-old Casper man, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Wyoming and Colorado. On September 24, 2025, law enforcement attempted to stop McCoy near Sinclair after a drug-detection dog alerted to the presence of controlled substances in his vehicle. However, McCoy fled, leading officers…
Daniel Keith McDougal, Counterfeit U.S. Treasury Check, Wyoming 2023
⏱ 2 min read Daniel Keith McDougal, a 37-year-old from Florida, traveled to Wyoming in January 2023 to pull off a brazen scam. Along with accomplice Kennard Bouk, McDougal attempted to pass a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check valued at $560,625 at a bank in Cheyenne. The motives behind the scam are unclear, but the consequences…
Tynan LeShawn Addison, Child Sex Abuse, Wyoming 2025
⏱ 2 min read In a disturbing case of child sex abuse, 19-year-old Tynan LeShawn Addison of Ethete, Wyoming, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for sexually assaulting a minor in September 2025. The victim’s mother took them to a clinic, where examiners found injuries consistent with a sexual assault. The FBI investigated the…
Darin Smith, Drug Trafficking, Wyoming 2026
⏱ 2 min read In Wyoming, a deadly fentanyl epidemic is gripping communities, with cartel-connected drug trafficking organizations fueling the crisis. The US Attorney’s Office, DEA, and local law enforcement are joining forces to disrupt these networks and save lives. Led by US Attorney Darin Smith, the effort aims to reduce overdose deaths and hold…
Tera Marie Campbell, Healthcare Fraud, Wyoming 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Florida mother-daughter duo, Tera Marie Campbell and Tayler Ann Krauss, orchestrated a multi-year healthcare fraud scheme in Wyoming, using Campbell’s behavioral health clinic, The Olive Branch, LLC, to submit fraudulent Medicaid claims for uncertified care and services that did not occur. The clinic, which operated in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Minot,…
Giovanny J. Hernandez, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Wyoming 2026
A 36-year-old man from Jackson, Wyoming, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution ring. Giovanny J. Hernandez, 36, of Jackson, Wyoming, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment with one year of supervised release to follow for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, in March 2025,…
John Eldon Rimmasch, Wire Fraud and Knowing Endangerment, Wyoming 2026
⏱ 2 min read A federal jury found John Eldon Rimmasch and Wasatch Railroad Contractors guilty of wire fraud and knowing endangerment after exposing workers to asbestos during a restoration project in Wyoming. The case involved a contract to restore a historic railcar owned by the National Park Service, but Wasatch Railroad Contractors botched the…
Zakary Faccio, Fentanyl Trafficking, Wyoming 2024
⏱ 2 min read Zakary Faccio, a 35-year-old from Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced to 67 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Wyoming. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 5. Faccio’s crime involved using the U.S. Postal Service to send a package containing…
Brett Lattin, Mail and Wire Fraud, Wyoming 2006
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: A former Construction Supervisor from Wyoming has been forced to pay back nearly a million dollars in restitution after being convicted of mail and wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded Marathon Oil Company. Brett Lattin, a former supervisor at Marathon Oil Company, was sentenced on June 18, 2010, in the United…
James Robert Smith, Child Molestation, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read In Wyoming, a disturbing reality is being confronted head-on: child abuse and neglect. This April, U.S. Attorney Darin Smith is teaming up with local communities to observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a crucial effort to protect the state’s most vulnerable citizens. The initiative aims to prevent child abuse and neglect…
