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Man Pleads Guilty to Double Slaying in Hudson

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:12:19 +0000

A 20-year-old man charged in a double slaying in Hudson has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder.

Man Pleads Not Guilty in Cheyenne's Hitching Post Fire

Trevor T. Trujillo — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:11:05 +0000

A New Mexico man has pleaded not guilty to felony charges including arson and conspiracy in connection with the 2010 fire that heavily damaged a landmark hotel in Cheyenne.

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Natrona County Sheriff's Office Talking With Suspects Regarding Cabin Break-ins

Kevin Koile — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:03:16 +0000

The Natrona County Sheriff's Office says it has made progress in its investigation into finding who is responsible for a number of cabin break-ins on Casper Mountain last summer.

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Two Face Arson Charges For Fire In Glendo State Park

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:18:09 +0000

Two people are accused of starting a wildfire at Glendo State Park

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Jefferey Oliver Pleads Not Guilty To Arson

Kevin Koile — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:27:11 +0000

A Casper man is denying that he intentionally started a fire.

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Tye Brock Sentenced For Arson

Kevin Koile — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:45:35 +0000

A Natrona county woman has been sentenced for her role in starting a fire at a game processing facility.

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Prison Time For Man Accused In 2011 Church Arson

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:32:46 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a church arson in 2011.

Northern Arapaho tribal member Norman Ybarra of the Wind River Indian Reservation was sentenced Friday to four years and five months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release

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Ex-Wife Charged In Arson At Processing Facility

Karen Snyder — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:08:50 +0000

A woman has admitted starting a fire at a Natrona County game processing facility.

Tye Brock pleaded guilty to one charge of third-degree arson, after investigators say she started the blaze at Pearce Custom Butchering and Processing, just west of Casper

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Sheriff Unhappy With Dispatcher In Children's Death

Associated Press — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:59:24 +0000

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state authorities say they're not happy with the performance of a 911 dispatcher during last weekend's murder-suicide involving the husband of a missing Utah woman.

Pierce County Sheriff's Detective Ed Troyer tells The Associated Press that when a social worker called to report that Josh Powell had taken his two young sons into his home during what was supposed to be a supervised visit, the dispatcher left her with the impression that no help was immediately on the way

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Arrest Made In Couple's Brutal Death

Associated Press — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:11:03 +0000

PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a 31-year-old man has been arrested and faces charges in the death of an Arizona couple who were found tied up and burned beyond recognition.

Investigators said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference that four other people were also arrested in the case

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Investigators Try To Piece Together Circumstances Of Deaths

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:29 +0000

A Pierce County, Washington Sheriff's deputy and local Firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, WA, where, according to a sheriff's spokesman, three bodies were were found, February 5, 2012. They are believed to be Josh Powell and his two children. Fire accelerant is believed to be involved in the apparent murder-suicide.

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Two Dead In Possible Arson Fire

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:44:17 +0000

A predawn fire kills two in Laramie County

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Arson Blamed In Home Explosion In Killing 2

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:37:43 +0000

HUDSON, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say an arsonist is to blame for a mobile home explosion that killed two people in Hudson last November.

Capt. Ryan Lee with the Fremont County Sheriff's Department says the case is now being treated as a double homicide

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Pearce Processors Back At Work Following Fire

Karen Snyder — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:46:05 +0000

Pearce Custom Butchering and Processing is open for business again after a fire, possibly arson, damaged the building early last Sunday morning.

Barnett Brock, Owner-Operator of the business west of Casper, wants customers to know they're back in business, but he remains hesitant to talk about the incident.

"The o

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Arsonist Strikes at Butchering and Game Processing Facility In Natrona County

Kevin Koile — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:09:33 +0000

Arson has been identified as the cause of a weekend fire at a butchering and game processing facility in Natrona County.

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Church Burning Provokes Federal Indictments

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:02:07 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. --- Two men have been indicted on federal arson charges in connection with the September fire that heavily damaged the Arapahoe Baptist Church on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

United States Attorney for Wyoming Christopher A

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Man Firebombs Occupied House to End Curse

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:29:35 +0000

GREAT FALLS, Mont. --- A Great Falls man charged with setting a house fire over the weekend told police he was trying to end a curse he said his mother placed on him when he was 5 years old.

Court records say 31-year-old Timothy Spencer acknowledged setting the house on fire while his mother, stepfather, brother and niece slept early Sunday

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Casper Police Charge Paul Gutshall With 3rd Degree Arson

Kevin Koile — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:49:21 +0000

Casper police have arrested 1 man in connection to a fire that occurred in the Casper paradise valley area this past weekend.

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10 Displaced By Gail Gardens Fire

Karen Snyder — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:15:21 +0000

Gail Garden's resident, Wilbert Abeyta, was charged Monday with arson in the fire that burned a portion of the two-story senior apartment building in Central Casper.

Casper Fire/EMS Division Chief, Mark Harshman, says their suspicions of arson were confirmed quickly once the security footage was viewed...

"We were fairly confident that we had a person that we believed was heavily involved in the situation. And so he was then arrested and charged with first degree arson and taken to jail."

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