OCt. 1 preliminary hearing set.
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A Wyoming
Highway Patrol trooper searched a Toyota
4-Runner on Sept. 13 after the driver was
pulled over for speeding and found felony
amounts of liquid LSD and LSD “dabs.”
Cameron M. Smith, of Breckinridge,
Colo., was driving his Toyota 4-Runner
south on Highway 191 near Bondurant
By Joy Ufford
jufford@pinedaleroundup.com
the counter into a chair and she reacted
physically by striking a man three times in
the face, it says.
In the meantime the others were trying to
get Sandoval out of their house, the affidavit
says. The passed-out woman was “acting
crazy” so someone brought her outside.
Sandoval then backed over a barbecue
grill and drove forward and hit the woman,
knocking her down about 10 feet away, it
says.
As a man tried to pull her away, Sandoval
allegedly hit him and ran over his foot. He
was arrested and taken into custody where at
the jail he told staff he had been exposed to
COVID-19, the affidavit says.
The woman, Kerstan Willis, was arrested
for assault and public intoxication, according
to McClure.
Sandoval was being held on $20,000 cash
or surety bond with a preliminary hearing
set for Sept. 23 that will be rescheduled with
Judge Curt Haws out of town this week.
By Joy Ufford
jufford@pinedaleroundup.com
three years of supervised probation,
court record show. If Brannan is
successful with meeting all of her
probation terms, that deferred charge
would be dismissed.
Judge Marv Tyler accepted Brannan’s
guilty plea and the plea agreement at her
Sept. 17 change-of-plea and sentencing
hearing.
The judge said Brannan must fully
comply with “any and all probation
terms and conditions” and cannot be
arrested for anything or even receive a
citation “except for very minor traffic
violations.” He also ordered her to obtain
her high school equivalency certification
within 35 months and substance abuse
treatment.
Brannan must also pay $425 in fees
and reimburse Sublette County $250 for
her public defender.
By Joy Ufford
jufford@pinedaleroundup.com
home, was arrested Sept. 14 after deputies
searched the home where the woman had
taken ill and Benedik was seen throwing
an object out a window, according to an
affidavit by Detective Karson Turner.
The object was a black Nitro Surge
PreWorkout container whose contents
tested positive as psilocybin mushrooms
and one MDMA pill, both of which are
controlled substances, the affidavit says.
He told a detective he bought it in Colorado
and brought it to Wyoming, it adds.
Benedik is charged with felony delivery
of a controlled substance, MDMA,
misdemeanor possession of a controlled
substance, MDMA, and misdemeanor
possession of a controlled plant substance,
psilocybin mushrooms.
He appeared in Circuit Court on Sept.
14, had bond set at $20,000 cash or surety
and paid it to be released. His preliminary
hearing is set for Oct. 1 at 10:30 a.m.
By Joy Ufford
jufford@pinedaleroundup.com
around 3:45 p.m. while Trooper Benjamin
Kiel was on patrol and clocked Smith
driving 93 miles an hour in a 70-mph
speed zone, according to his affidavit.
Kiel said he could not see the vehicle’s
brake lights when Smith stopped and
reported they had been covered or painted
black, his affidavit says. He smelled
alcohol and arrested Smith for driving
under the influence and exceeding the
speed limit, it says.
Trooper Mitch Kannier arrived and
inventoried the vehicle, finding what he
said tested positive as raw marijuana,
psilocybin mushrooms, a dropper with
more than .3 grams of liquid LSD and more
than .3 grams of LSD dabs, according to
court records.
He is charged with felony possessions
of liquid LSD, felony possession of
LSD dabs, driving under the influence
of alcohol, misdemeanor possessions of
marijuana and mushrooms and speeding
93 mph in a 70-mpgh zone.
Smith appeared in Sublette County
Circuit Court on Sept. 14 and his bond
was set at $20,000 cash or surety, which
he posted himself, records show. His
preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 1 at
9:30 a.m.