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CASPER, Wyo. — Provided below are the defendants and charges from appearances in Natrona County Circuit Court on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 4–5.

The Honorable Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Judge Brian Christensen presided while Assistant District Attorney Blaine Nelson represented the state.

All persons entering not guilty pleas or charged with felonies are presumed innocent until convicted or pleading guilty. Official charges are subject to change by the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office.

Pleas on felony charges are not entered in circuit court, though bond conditions are set.

A bail bondsman can post a surety bond, typically requiring 10–15%.

A “personal recognizance” or “signature” bond means there is no money required to get out, but the defendant could owe the full amount if they fail to appear.

Factors affecting bond and sentencing include the nature of the crime, the weight of the evidence, the defendant’s criminal history and their ties to the community.

The standard of evidence differs in probation revocations. The state is only required to prove the allegations in an affidavit for revocation “to a preponderance of the evidence.” 

The defendant can admit and have the underlying sentenced imposed or resuspended. The defendant can also deny and seek representation at a contested hearing, and a new bond is set.

For purposes of this document, admissions and denials are represented as guilty and not guilty pleas, respectively. 

Standard fees typically include $150 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, $70 in court costs and $50 to Drug Court assessment. Additional fines may be imposed at sentencing. 

Felonies and engrossed misdemeanors (pleas not entered in circuit court)

• Richard Conner, 52 – Aggravated assault and battery, aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon, unlawful entry to commit battery, stalking, violation of protection order, telephone harassment
  • $50,000 cash only
• Kyle Pacheco, 33 – Property destruction: over $1,000, domestic battery, interference
  • $3,000 cash or surety bond
• James Johnson, 56 – Failure to register as a sex offender
  • $5,000 cash or surety bond
• Mason Cureton, 22 – Possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of clonazepam: third or subsequent upon conviction x3
  • $25,000 cash or surety bond
• William Hamilton, 39 – Possession of methamphetamine: felony weight, possession of marijuana, DUI: controlled substance
  • $7,500 cash only
• Tevin Sexton Marquis Taylor, 33 – Possession of methamphetamine: felony weight, interference, possession of fentanyl, possession of marijuana
  • $20,000 cash or surety bond

No contest and guilty pleas

• Zachary Allen, 34 – Possession of a controlled substance, use of a controlled substance
  • Pleaded no contest to use of controlled substance charge
  • 30 days jail, remaining one year suspended
  • One year supervised probation
• Clayton Cogdill, 32 – Possession of cocaine, possession of mushrooms
  • One year suspended
  • One year supervised probation
  • $600 fine
• Nicole Greenleaf, 54 – Possession of methamphetamine, driving under suspension
  • Five days jail, remaining one year suspended
  • One year supervised probation
• Matthew Riverkamp, 27 – Possession of methamphetamine, use of methamphetamine
  • 18 months suspended
  • Six months supervised probation
• Alicia Smith, 23 – Domestic battery
  • Six months suspended
  • Six months unsupervised probation
  • $250 fine

Not guilty pleas

• Joseph Peters, 37 – DUI
  • $2,000 cash or surety bond
• Arnaldo Perez Fonseca, 32 – Fail to appear for hearing on interference charge
  • $1,000 cash or surety bond
• Rae Cobert, 20 – Possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of Klonopin
  • $20,000 cash or surety bond
• Shaun Michael Kiser, 37 – Driving under suspension, no insurance, open container in a moving vehicle, theft, no registration, possession of a controlled substance: fentanyl
  • $10,000 cash or surety bond
• Rachel Lippett, 35 – Possession of a controlled substance, open container
  • $885 cash or surety bond continued