Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department

Each charges carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $25,000 fine or both.

Ward is described as a 51 year old white male, 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

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...

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. Dick Blust says within hours of the tragedy around 125 domain names were registered which included words associated with the bombing, including various combinations of the words "Bosto

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...

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..

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...

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. He says the scam begins with an unsolicited phone call from a self-described "computer expert", who tells the intended victim that their computer has acquired a virus or other problem a

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...

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