K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For May 18th, 2018 – Morning

A NATRONA COUNTY MAN HAS ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA FOLLOWING HIS NOVEMBER ARREST FOR ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO A NEIGHBOR'S HOME AND ASSAULTING HIM.

WADE CURTIS MILLER PLEADED GUILTY THURSDAY BEFORE DISTRICT JUDGE CATHERINE WILKING TO ONE COUNT OF UNLAWFUL ENTRY. THE CHARGE, A FELONY, CARRIES A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND A $10,000 FINE.

UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH PROSECUTORS, MILLER WILL LIKELY BE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS OF PROBATION WITH AN UNDERLYING, SUSPENDED PRISON SENTENCE OF THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

THREE OTHER COUNTS FILED AGAINST MILLER WERE DISMISSED THURSDAY, PER THE PLEA DEAL.

PROSECUTORS SAY MILLER, WHO LIVED IN THE 5000 BLOCK OF OKEEPA AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME, WAS PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND HAD AN "ONGOING BATTLE" WITH THE VICTIM REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE VICTIM'S RENTED PROPERTY.

ON NOV. 26, MILLER ALLEGEDLY WENT OVER TO THE VICTIM'S HOUSE AND URINATED IN THE VICTIM'S GENERATOR. AN ARGUMENT ENSUED, AND THE VICTIM THEN WENT BACK INSIDE HIS HOUSE.

MILLER REPORTEDLY PICKED UP A WOODEN POST AND USED IT TO BREAK THE VICTIM'S SLIDING GLASS DOOR. HE THEN ENTERED THE VICTIM'S HOME AND HIT THE VICTIM WITH THE POST.

MILLER REMAINS FREE ON BOND PENDING SENTENCING.
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AN OHIO PAIR IS FACING FELONY DRUG CHARGES AFTER A WYOMING TROOPER FOUND ROUGHLY 13 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN THEIR RENTAL CAR.

ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT, 25-YEAR-OLD ADALIA JACKSON AND 23-YEAR-OLD STEFAN WILLIS WERE PULLED OVER FOR TAILGATING ON INTERSTATE 80 WEST OF CHEYENNE ON MAY 11.

THE TRAFFIC STOP LED TO A SEARCH OF THE CAR AND THREE GIFT-WRAPPED PACKAGES CONTAINING 6036.9 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA WERE FOUND IN A SUITCASE IN THE TRUNK.

WILLIS REPORTEDLY TOLD THE TROOPER THAT HE WAS TRAVELING BACK HOME TO AKRON AFTER BEING IN UKIAH, CALIFORNIA.

JACKSON AND WILLIS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. IF CONVICTED, THEY COULD EACH FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

THE TWO ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LARAMIE COUNTY JAIL ON $10,000 CASH BONDS. THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22 AT 9 A.M.
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WORLAND, WYO. (AP) - THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAYS PILOT ERROR IS LIKELY TO BLAME FOR A DECEMBER 2016 PLANE CRASH IN CENTRAL WYOMING THAT KILLED THE PILOT AND INJURED A PASSENGER.

ACCORDING TO THE NTSB REPORT, INVESTIGATORS SAID THE "PILOT EXCEEDED THE AIRPLANE'S CRITICAL ANGLE OF ATTACK WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT AERODYNAMIC STALL AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT ON TERRAIN."

THE NORTHERN WYOMING DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT THE NTSB FOUND THE AIRCRAFT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER WITH NO MAJOR MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.

THE PILOT, 34-YEAR-OLD GRANT E. BELDEN, OF THERMOPOLIS, WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH.

BELDEN WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE AND WAS ON A ROUTINE ANIMAL DAMAGE MANAGEMENT PATROL.

ANOTHER APHIS EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER AND SURVIVED.

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CODY, WYO. (AP) - A WYOMING SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BEGIN LOOKING FOR FIREARMS TRAINERS TO INSTRUCT QUALIFIED AND SELECTED TEACHERS WHO WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY CONCEALED GUNS ON CAMPUSES.

THE CODY ENTERPRISE REPORTS THE CODY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD APPROVED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TUESDAY TO START ACCEPTING TRAINING OFFERS.

THE BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR APPROVED THE POLICY THAT ALLOWS CERTAIN DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO CARRY CONCEALED FIREARMS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. THE EMPLOYEES MUST PASS STEPS INCLUDING BACKGROUND CHECKS, A PSYCHOLOGICAL SUITABILITY EXAM AND 24 HOURS OF INITIAL TRAINING.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL LAST YEAR ALLOWING DISTRICTS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANTED TO ARM TEACHERS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

SUPERINTENDENT RAY SCHULTE SAYS HE MET WITH THE PARK COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE CODY POLICE CHIEF TO GO OVER THE TRAINING.
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AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE USUALLY SEE GASOLINE PRICES HEADIING UPWARD.

BUT ENERGY ANALYST PATRICK DEHAAN OF GASBUDDY DOT COM SAYS, THE PRICE HIKES ARE FAIRLY MODERATE THIS WEEK.

BUT, GIVEN ALL THE TURMOIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAEL AND IRAN, WE USUALLY EXPECT OIL PRICES TO SKYROCKET.

BUT, WITH VACATION SEASON AHEAD, DEMAND, AND PRICES WILL SURELY GO UP.