WY residents sentenced for property damage, child pornography

Recent sentencings from the US Attorney's Office District of Wyoming:

Injury or Depredation to U.S. Property

Sherette Joseph Lujan, 48, of Riverton, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment with 3 years of supervised release for injury or depredation to United States property. The court also ordered him to pay $2,304 in restitution. According to court documents, on June 15, the Riverton Police Department was dispatched to the Riverton Post Office for a report of a man breaking windows in the building with a metal object. Officers detained Lujan who claimed a group of “gangsters” were following him, so he attempted to barricade himself inside the Post Office and break the windows to scare them off. Lujan also admitted that he had done methamphetamine earlier in the night. Lujan was indicted on July 10, pleaded guilty on Sept. 3, and U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced him on Nov. 22, in Cheyenne. The U.S. Postal Service and Riverton Police Department investigated the crime. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mackenzie Morrison prosecuted the case.

Child Pornography

Robert Lynn Harris, 56, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, with 10 years of supervised release to follow, for possession and access with intent to view child pornography, subsequent offense. The court also ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution. According to court documents, on May 13, Wyoming Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) agents were contacted by U.S. Probation Agents related to a supervision confiscation of evidence resulting from a search conducted on Harris, a convicted sex offender with a lifetime term of supervised release. The agent had located child pornography on a micro-SD card belonging to the defendant. Harris was indicted on July 18, pleaded guilty on Sept. 11, and was sentenced on Nov. 27, by U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. This crime was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) ICAC Task Force. The case was prosecuted by Z. Seth Griswold.