KGAB 650AM » Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Department http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bogus Medical Equipment Scam Reported http://kgab.com/bogus-medical-equipment-scam-reported/ http://kgab.com/bogus-medical-equipment-scam-reported/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 15:39:55 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=263323 A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department  says a new telephone scam involving the bogus delivery of medical equipment has been widely reported.

Dick Blust says the scam begins with a recorded phone message telling the intended victim that their "medical adviser" has approved a "medical appliance" for the person which needs to be delivered

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]]> http://kgab.com/bogus-medical-equipment-scam-reported/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Boston Marathon Bombing Scam Warning Issued http://kgab.com/boston-marathon-bombing-scam-warning-issued/ http://kgab.com/boston-marathon-bombing-scam-warning-issued/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:27:29 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=256553 A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department says there have been numerous reports from across Wyoming about a variety of internet scams which try to take advantage of the Boston Marathon bombing

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]]> http://kgab.com/boston-marathon-bombing-scam-warning-issued/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Airline Ticket Scam Reported http://kgab.com/airline-ticket-scam-reported/ http://kgab.com/airline-ticket-scam-reported/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:15:03 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=255694 The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department says it has been receiving complaints about an e-mail scam promising phony airline tickets.

Spokesman Dick Blust says the scam begins with an e-mail purporting to be a "Customer Notification" from American Airlines

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]]> http://kgab.com/airline-ticket-scam-reported/feed/ 0 devcentre, flickr Sweetwater County Sheriff Investigating Death of Utah Police Officer http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-sheriff-investigating-death-of-utah-police-officer/ http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-sheriff-investigating-death-of-utah-police-officer/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:05:21 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=250832 The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department is asking for help from the public in it's investigation into the death of a Utah police officer near Green River last week.

Sheriff's Department spokesman Dick Blust says the body of Micheal Valdes, a West Valley, Utah police officer, was discovered in his vehicle Thursday night in the westbound lane of the Interstate 80 tunnel just west of Green River

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]]> http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-sheriff-investigating-death-of-utah-police-officer/feed/ 0 Micheal Valdes (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Sheriff Warns of Facebook Scam http://kgab.com/sheriff-warns-of-facebook-scam/ http://kgab.com/sheriff-warns-of-facebook-scam/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:20:34 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=247996 The Sweetwater County Sheriff's office is warning people about a scam cyber crooks have  been employing on Facebook.

According to department spokesman Dick Blust, the prospective victim is contacted by someone claiming to be a person who has been  "friended" who says something has happened to their account and asks the victim to "friend" them again

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]]> http://kgab.com/sheriff-warns-of-facebook-scam/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Computer Repair Scam Reported http://kgab.com/computer-repair-scam-reported/ http://kgab.com/computer-repair-scam-reported/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:04:55 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=245933 Sweetwater County authorities are warning people about a  telephone computer repair scam which has been widely reported recently, according to  Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department spokesman Dick Blust

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]]> http://kgab.com/computer-repair-scam-reported/feed/ 0 devcentre, flickr Fugitive on Meth Charges Arrested In Evanston http://kgab.com/fugitive-on-meth-charges-arrested-in-evanston/ http://kgab.com/fugitive-on-meth-charges-arrested-in-evanston/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:00:32 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=232837 A former Rock Springs man on the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office Most Wanted list was recently captured in Evanston, according to the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department.

 
 Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said Daniel Wayne Smart, Jr

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]]> http://kgab.com/fugitive-on-meth-charges-arrested-in-evanston/feed/ 0 Daniel Smart (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Idaho Truck Driver Accused of Truck Stop Violence http://kgab.com/idaho-truck-driver-accused-of-truck-stop-violence/ http://kgab.com/idaho-truck-driver-accused-of-truck-stop-violence/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:15:07 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=230386 An Idaho truck driver remains in custody at the Sweetwater County Detention Center, charged with multiple felonies after an incident of reported domestic violence near Wamsutter.

 Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell says deputies responded at about 3:00 AM on December 5 to Love’s Truck Stop just north of Wamsutter, where they found a woman identified as Georjana Price, who had herself locked in a toilet stall, hiding from a man later determined to be Allen Gordon Taber, 56, of Idaho Falls, Idaho

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]]> http://kgab.com/idaho-truck-driver-accused-of-truck-stop-violence/feed/ 0 Allen Tabor (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Idaho Man's Death Investigated http://kgab.com/idaho-mans-death-investigated/ http://kgab.com/idaho-mans-death-investigated/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:45:37 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=228318 Sweetwater County authorities are trying to find out what killed an Idaho truck driver whose body was found  on the ground alongside his tractor-trailer rig northwest of Green River Monday morning, according to a joint press release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department and Sweetwater County Coroner Dale Majhanovich

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]]> http://kgab.com/idaho-mans-death-investigated/feed/ 0 'The semi-tractor trailer combo driven by Lynn Larson at the scene shere his body was found Monday (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Business Council Offers Display Space at Expo [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/business-council-offers-display-space-at-expo-audio/ http://kgab.com/business-council-offers-display-space-at-expo-audio/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:16:39 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=228029 A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department says you should be skeptical about deals that seem too good to be true on social media. The Wyoming Business Council's Agribusiness Division is offering display space at a Natural Products trade show in California in March. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/business-council-offers-display-space-at-expo-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Business Council (Courtesy Wyoming Business Council) Coal Executive Sees Increased Demand [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/coal-executive-sees-increased-demand-audio/ http://kgab.com/coal-executive-sees-increased-demand-audio/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:00:45 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=227753 A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department is warning people about a telephone scam designed to get bank account and credit card information. The chief executive of St. Louis based Arch coal says he expected to see the demand for U.S. coal--and specifically Powder River Basin coal from Wyoming--to continue to increase. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/coal-executive-sees-increased-demand-audio/feed/ 0 An open pit coal mine. (Sean Gallup/Getty) Tribe Asks Judge to Reconsider Eagle Ruling [audio] http://kgab.com/tribe-asks-judge-to-reconsider-eagle-ruling-audio/ http://kgab.com/tribe-asks-judge-to-reconsider-eagle-ruling-audio/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:26:39 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=227696 A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department is warning people about some common holiday scams. The Northern Arapahoe tribe is asking a federal judge in Cheyenne to reconsider part of a ruling he recently issued on the killing of bald eagles for religious purposes

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]]> http://kgab.com/tribe-asks-judge-to-reconsider-eagle-ruling-audio/feed/ 0 Law Enforcement Warns of Holiday Scams http://kgab.com/law-enforcement-warns-of-holiday-scams/ http://kgab.com/law-enforcement-warns-of-holiday-scams/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:44:43 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=227521 The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department is warning residents about several scams that tend to increase over the holiday season. Spokesman Dick Blust says there are a variety of internet and social-media scams that attempt to get people's money, personal information, or both

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]]> http://kgab.com/law-enforcement-warns-of-holiday-scams/feed/ 0 (courtesy of Keith Allison via Flickr) Sweetwater County Authorities Looking for Home For Boa http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-authorities-looking-for-home-for-boa/ http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-authorities-looking-for-home-for-boa/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:02:11 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=157083 Sweetwater County Animal Control officials are trying to decide what to do with a five-foot boa constrictor snake that was recently found on a county road, according to Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department spokesman Dick Blust.

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]]> http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-authorities-looking-for-home-for-boa/feed/ 0 Boa found on road (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Man Busted for Meth Use in Sheriff's Parking Lot http://kgab.com/man-busted-for-meth-use-in-sheriffs-parking-lot/ http://kgab.com/man-busted-for-meth-use-in-sheriffs-parking-lot/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:52:04 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=131332 A spokesman for the  Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department says a 28 year old Rock Springs man is facing charges of possession of a controlled substance after allegedly being caught smoking methamphetamine in the parking lot of a building housing the sheriff's department as well as the Circuit Court of Judge Dan Forgey.

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]]> http://kgab.com/man-busted-for-meth-use-in-sheriffs-parking-lot/feed/ 0 Chadwick Cherny (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Sweetwater County Sheriff's Drug Dog to Receive Stem Cell Therapy http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-sheriffs-drug-dog-to-receive-stem-cell-therapy/ http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-sheriffs-drug-dog-to-receive-stem-cell-therapy/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:49:51 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=124045 A drug detection dog with the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department wil undergo stem cell therapy as a treatment for arthritis, according to a spokesman for the department.

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]]> http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-sheriffs-drug-dog-to-receive-stem-cell-therapy/feed/ 0 Blitz the Drug Dog (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Arrests Made in Alvarado Killing http://kgab.com/109859/ http://kgab.com/109859/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:55:00 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=109859 ( Press Release From Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department)

Three teenagers, two from Rock Springs and one from Green River, have been arrested on charges stemming from the murder of 17-year-old Rigoberto “Rigo” Alvarado, whose body was found in a shallow grave north of Rock Springs on August 19

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]]> http://kgab.com/109859/feed/ 0 Rigoberto Alvarado (c Alvarado Murder Investigation Focused On Four Areas http://kgab.com/alvarado-murder-investigation-focused-on-four-areas/ http://kgab.com/alvarado-murder-investigation-focused-on-four-areas/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:03:33 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=100901 Law enforcement officials in Rock Springs say they are focusing on four different areas in their investigation of the murder of 17-year-old Rigoberto Alvarado, whose body was found in a shallow grave outside Rock Springs on August 19

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]]> http://kgab.com/alvarado-murder-investigation-focused-on-four-areas/feed/ 0 Rigoberto Alvarado (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Helicopter Removes Crash Wreckage http://kgab.com/helicopter-removes-crash-wreckage/ http://kgab.com/helicopter-removes-crash-wreckage/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:26:16 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=84968 According to the Sheriff's Office ,Deputy Sheriff Mike Merkley guided a recovery team from Beegles Aircraft Service of Greeley, Colorado, to the remote scene of a June 22 plane crash on the western slopes of White Mountain about 13 miles north of Green River

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]]> http://kgab.com/helicopter-removes-crash-wreckage/feed/ 0 (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department) Flaming Gorge Body Recovery Effort Planned http://kgab.com/flaming-gorge-body-recovery-effort-planned/ http://kgab.com/flaming-gorge-body-recovery-effort-planned/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 15:58:48 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=69758 A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department says that agency is planning to attempt to recover the recently located body of a man who drowned on the gorge in 1997.

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]]> http://kgab.com/flaming-gorge-body-recovery-effort-planned/feed/ 0 (Courtesy Sweetwater County Sherriff's Dept.)