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A female inmate in her late 20s died Friday afternoon at the Sweetwater County Detention Center following a suspected medical emergency, officials said. Detention deputies found the woman unresponsive in her cell around 3:20 p.m. They immediately began lifesaving measures and called for emergency medical assistance. Responders from Fire District No. 1 and Castle Rock Ambulance arrived shortly after, but efforts to revive the inmate were unsuccessful. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the county coroner’s office are i...
There’s a quiet strength in the Wyoming way of life—a belief in hard work, personal responsibility, and fairness. These values are woven into our heritage: face each day with courage, take pride in your work, and finish what you start. As Wyoming faces rising costs, these principles are more important than ever—especially in our tax system. On November 5, Amendment A offers the foundation needed to modernize property tax assessments, giving homeowners the relief they deserve while upholding fairness. A Clear-Cut Path to Fairness Without Reven...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office has announced the appointment of Jesse Moreno as the new Emergency Management and Homeland Security Coordinator, succeeding Emily Covey, who recently retired from the role. Moreno brings nearly a decade of experience in security operations at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, where he also led the hospital's emergency response team. Before his work in the hospital, Moreno served as a combat medic in the US Army, gaining critical experience in crisis m...
Our firearms training staff is pleased to announce this year’s civilian firearms and concealed carry training schedule. This year, we are offering two basic classes. Each class features a combination of classroom instruction and shooting exercises. The training emphasizes firearms familiarization and safety, and topics include grip, stance, sight picture, trigger control, holster considerations, firearms storage, and more. Our two scheduled classes this year are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, and Saturday, August 17. There is a $...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office recently announced that K9 Sergeant Arry has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Sergeant Arry is a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois from Czechia trained in obedience, narcotics detection, tracking, article search, area search, building search, apprehension, and handler protection. Arry's assigned human partner and handler is Deputy Sheriff Amanda Buller. Established in 2009, Vested...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office recently announced that K9 Sergeant Arry will soon receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Sergeant Arry is a five-year-old Belgian Malinois from Czechia trained in obedience, narcotics detection, tracking, article search, area search, building search, apprehension, and handler protection. Arry's assigned human partner and handler is Deputy Sheriff Amanda Buller. Established in 2009,...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with the Rock Springs Police Department, served a search warrant Tuesday afternoon at a downtown Rock Springs massage parlor as part of a months-long human trafficking investigation. Sheriff's office spokesperson Jason Mower said, "Earlier this year, we began investigating the alleged performance of sexual acts at an Asian massage parlor in the 600 block of Broadway in Rock Springs." Mower said that during the investigation, detectives devel...
The Sweetwater County Detention Center today announced an upcoming change in communication service providers for offenders housed at the facility. The variety of communication services provided to residents housed at the detention center remains unchanged. Effective Thurs., Oct. 26, the sheriff's office will, however, use a new prepaid communications service provider, NCIC Inmate Communications. For facility residents, all outgoing phone calls (local, long-distance, and international) will be billed at a per-minute rate, with no connection...
Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office today announced that it will be increasing enforcement efforts of the registration of out-of-state license plates for non-residents working in the state. By state law, any non-resident who is employed in Wyoming, either temporarily or full-time, and who owns or operates a non-commercial (personal) vehicle while in Wyoming must immediately upon employment purchase a temporary registration or obtain a valid Wyoming registration. The only exceptions to the law include full-reciprocity agreements with Idaho, N...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 30-year-old Teton County man whose body was discovered on Sunday afternoon by passersby near a dirt side-road in Reliance, Wyoming, north of Rock Springs. The decedent was identified as Colter Wesley Watsabaugh, 30, originally of Teton County, Wyoming. Watsabaugh had been living and working in Rock Springs prior to his death. According to sheriff's detectives, in concert with the county coroner's office and the county...
Human remains found near Granger, Wyoming in 1982 have been identified as belonging to a man who disappeared in 1981 while traveling back to his home in Missouri after visiting family in California. The sheriff's office announced June 21 that the remains, known to investigators over the years only as "Pipeline Pete," have now been identified through DNA testing as those of Jack Clawson, of Sedalia, Missouri. Family members lost contact with Clawson after a visit with him in Fremont, California...
For the 14th consecutive year, deputies and detectives with the sheriff’s office, in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Sex Offender Enforcement Task Force, conducted a concentrated sweep of compliance checks of registered sex offenders living in Sweetwater County in an annual campaign known as Operation Jessica. Earlier in June, small teams of deputies and federal agents spread out across the county, including in many of the outlying communities such as Granger, Point of Rocks, Wamsutter, and Bairoil, in an attempt to c...
The sheriff’s office marine unit is pleased to announce its upcoming recreational boat safety training classes. This year, the sheriff’s office marine unit is offering both a basic boating safety class and an advanced boating operations class. The basic training course is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Weds., July 12. The advanced training course is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thurs., July 13. Those interested in the advanced operations course must also take the basic safety course. Both classes will be held in the sheriff’s offic...
If you’re planning to leave your camper or RV for a few days to reserve a good camping spot near the shoreline of Flaming Gorge, beware that water levels at the reservoir are currently up over eight feet from one year ago. A high amount of mountain snowmelt runoff, increased outflows upstream from Fontenelle Reservoir, and decreased outflows at the Gorge itself have raised water levels nearly three feet during the first fourteen days of June. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Jason Mower said, “Obviously, if the water gets too high and you’r...
A SWAT standoff with a man barricaded in his vehicle on the interstate ended with his arrest late Friday afternoon, according to Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office. David Eugene Furman, 52, of Washington, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 when he was stopped by a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper near mile marker 50 in neighboring Uinta County, Wyoming. Upon contact with him, Furman fled in his vehicle toward Green River, leading law enforcement on a miles-long high-speed pursuit. After...
On a frigid, blustery Tuesday morning in the middle of December, a seemingly endless winter storm, for days plaguing those in the region ensnared in its path, continued to slowly ravage its way across the state. By mid-morning, another series of squalls abruptly blanketed the frozen landscape. A treacherous concoction of wet, heavy snow coupled with near-hurricane-force winds tightened its grip with blizzard-like conditions throughout much of Sweetwater County, rendering the interstate and many...
A Rock Springs man was arrested the morning of December 19 after his child died from an accidental drug overdose in October. Daniel Scott James, 35, of Rock Springs was arrested at his residence without incident. James is accused of involuntary manslaughter in his son's death. Sheriff's office spokesperson Jason Mower said on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 21, deputies responded to a home north of Rock Springs for a two-year-old boy who was unconscious, unresponsive and not breathing. "When they...
The sheriff’s office emergency management and homeland security division recently announced their upcoming community emergency response team training for interested volunteers. Training is designed to be completed over two separate weekends. The first portion of training is from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28. The second portion is at the same times on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 and Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, training enhances your ability to recognize, prepare for, r...
Editor's Note: This is the full press release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office about the sex offender who was recently sentenced. It includes details of sexual assault that may be disturbing. A 44-year-old registered sex offender, a foreign national from Mexico who has been living in the country illegally after being deported after a sexual assault conviction in Uinta County, Wyoming in 2001, will now spend the rest of his life behind bars for the kidnapping and sexual assault of an...
The sheriff's office has announced the arrest of the former executive director of the Young at Heart Senior Center in Rock Springs for what investigators describe as the suspected embezzlement of over $2 million from Young at Heart's daycare facility, the Young at Heart Early Learning Center. In late June of this year, Morris suddenly tendered her resignation from the Sweetwater County School District #2 Board of Trustees, citing "personal reasons." Days later, on Friday, July 1, 2022, Morris...
A death investigation is underway at the Sweetwater County Detention Center, sheriff’s office spokesperson Jason Mower announced last week. The individual, temporarily housed pending alleged state criminal charges, was found unresponsive at around 11:54 a.m. Thursday morning, Aug. 18, during a routine residence check at the facility. Sheriff’s deputies and in-house medical staff immediately initiated life-saving measures while awaiting the arrival of emergency medical services and until pronounced deceased at approximately 12:19 p.m. in the...
A California woman and a Rock Springs couple were recently sentenced after sheriff's deputies, detectives and a K9 interdiction unit seized over 18 pounds of methamphetamine and a stolen firearm during three separate law enforcement operations that ultimately tied all three individuals together to the same local drug trafficking scheme. On Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, sheriff's detectives were contacted by the United States Probation Office for the District of Wyoming, the United States Marshal's...
