K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For September 21st, 2018 – Morning

CASPER POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE TUESDAY AFTER THE SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY LED POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE THROUGH THE CITY IN A STOLEN CAR.

32-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL ROBERT HARVEY WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL ON RECOMMENDED CHARGES OF INTERFERENCE, ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE, RECKLESS DRIVING, DRIVING WHILE UNDER SUSPENSION, WRONGFUL TAKING OR DISPOSING OF PROPERTY AND WARRANTS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY.

19-YEAR-OLD CHELCEA WOODS WAS BOOKED FOR WARRANTS, METHAMPHETAMINE POSSESSION, INTERFERENCE AND WRONGFUL TAKING OR DISPOSING OF PROPERTY.

CHARGING PAPERS SAY THAT A POLICE OFFICER WENT TO THE 1500 BLOCK OF KEARNEY ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 13 IN ORDER TO ARREST HARVEY AND WOODS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. THEY WEREN'T AT THE RESIDENCE, BUT ANOTHER WOMAN TOLD THE OFFICER THAT HARVEY HAD LEFT IN A VEHICLE WHICH SHE BELIEVED WAS STOLEN.

CASPER POLICE ALSO RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP VIA FACEBOOK THAT HARVEY HAD BEEN ON HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT BRAGGING ABOUT HAVING STOLEN A CAR WORTH $50,000 FROM COLORADO.

ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A CASPER POLICE OFFICER SAW THE STOLEN INFINITI PULL IN FRONT OF A FIRETRUCK WHICH WAS RESPONDING TO A FIRE. A HIGH-SPEED CHASE ENSUED, WITH THE INFINITI -- DRIVEN BY HARVEY -- REACHING SPEEDS OF ROUGHLY 70 MPH IN TOWN, INCLUDING WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE.

POLICE CALLED OFF THE CHASE DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

ON TUESDAY EVENING, AN OFFICER FOUND HARVEY AND WOODS NEAR 10TH AND PAYNE. THEY TRIED TO RUN OFF, BUT POLICE CHASED THEM DOWN AND ARRESTED THE PAIR ON THEIR WARRANTS.
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JACKSON, WYO. (AP) - FORENSIC TESTING HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE GRIZZLY BEARS KILLED BY WYOMING WILDLIFE MANAGERS ARE THE ONES INVOLVED IN THE MAULING DEATH OF A HUNTING GUIDE LAST WEEK...

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HELENA, MONT. (AP) - A YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK OFFICIAL SAYS A THERMAL SPRING NEAR OLD FAITHFUL IS ERUPTING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS. PARK SPOKESMAN NEAL HERBERT SAID THURSDAY THAT EAR SPRING'S ERUPTION IS ONLY THE FOURTH ONE RECORDED IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS. IT LAST ERUPTED IN 2004.

CASPER, WYO. (AP) - A WYOMING SCHOOLS COMMISSION WILL NOT MAX OUT ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM SIZES AT 25 STUDENTS FOLLOWING PUSHBACK FROM EDUCATORS AND SOME LAWMAKERS. THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE REPORTS THE STATE SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMITTEE VOTED THURSDAY TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT CAN BE IN A CLASSROOM. OPPONENTS, INCLUDING THE WYOMING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, CLAIMED THE PROPOSAL WAS AN ATTEMPT BY LAWMAKERS TO CUT SPENDING ON FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT RECENTLY REOPENED A NEARLY TWO-DECADE-OLD SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE AFTER A MAN WAS REPORTED MAKING INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS ABOUT CHILDREN.

BRUCE SLOYER WAS CHARGED EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH SIX COUNTS RELATED TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR.

COURT RECORDS SAY THE CASE WAS REOPENED SEPTEMBER 13TH WHEN A POLICE OFFICER TOOK A REPORT ABOUT SLOYER, WHO WAS MAKING WEIRD COMMENTS ABOUT CHILDREN.

THE OFFICER SPOKE WITH SLOYER'S WIFE, WHO SAID SHE DIDN'T TRUST HER HUSBAND AROUND CHILDREN BECAUSE HE SOMETIMES MADE INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS, AND SHE REFERRED TO HIM AS A "SEX OFFENDER."

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE OFFICER, SOLYER TOLD HER HIS WIFE MADE THE "SEX OFFENDER" COMMENT BECAUSE OF EVENTS 20 YEARS AGO WITH A GIRL THAT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM IN TROUBLE.

THE OFFICER CONTACTED A NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATOR WHO FOUND A REPORT FROM FEBRUARY 2000 ABOUT THE THEN 11- OR 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO RECOUNTED INCIDENTS OF SLOYER MOLESTING HER IN HER BEDROOM.

AT THAT TIME INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED FOR SEMINAL FLUID IN HER BEDROOM.

BECAUSE NONE WAS FOUND, THE CRIMINAL CASE WENT INACTIVE.

LAST WEEK, THE INVESTIGATOR INTERVIEWED THE ALLEGED VICTIM WHO SAID SHE LIED ABOUT WHERE THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED, AND THAT'S WHY SEMINAL FLUID WASN'T FOUND.

SHE ALSO SAID SLOYER WOULD GIVE HER TREATS TO BE KIND, AND BUILD HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, BUT WAS REALLY A PLOY TO ABUSE HER.