(OCTOBER 30, 2015) — Roberto Crispin Salinas-Garcia, 34, of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on October 29, 2015, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Salinas-Garcia was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received time served, plus ten days, was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment, and is subject to deportation upon release from custody. This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
-Dale Peden, 52, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on October 28, 2015, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Peden was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received 180 months imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. This case results from an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) joint investigation conducted by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.
-Stacy Amanda Deming, 31, of Sparks, Nevada, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on October 26, 2015, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting. Deming was arrested in Rawlins, Wyoming. She received 120 months imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $500.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation.
-Dylan Lee Smith, 21, of Modesto, California, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on October 26, 2015, for simple possession of marijuana. Smith was arrested in Rawlins, Wyoming. He received time served, placed on six months supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation.
-Katie Collins, 35, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on October 23, 2015, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Collins was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. She received 57 months imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $400.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. This case results from an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) joint investigation conducted by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.
-U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on October 28, 2015, Justin Hayes, 40, was sentenced in federal magistrate court to 104 days imprisonment on one count of assaulting, resisting, opposing, and interfering with a federal officer, in connection with an incident in which he blew blood into the face of a Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wind River Police Department Officer while the officer was attempting to get Hayes into a jail cell. Following imprisonment, Hayes will serve one year of supervised probation during which time he was ordered to attend recommended alcohol treatment and pay restitution in the amount of $285 among other terms and conditions. Hayes was also ordered to pay a $25 special assessment.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.