Cheyenne Trio Charged in Connection With Stolen Car, Drugs

Three Cheyenne residents are facing felony charges after a stolen car led deputies to a mobile home, where they found drugs.

According to the Laramie County Sheriff's Office, 25-year-olds Jacob Robert Bahner and Jordan Arizona Lick and 30-year-old James Williams Paiva were arrested on Friday, Sept. 5, after deputies connected a stolen car to a mobile home at Big Country at 3400 S. Greeley Hwy. and developed probable cause to get a search warrant for the home.

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Beep, Beep -- Busted!

"While they were waiting to execute that warrant, they came in contact with ... Bahner who was actually leaving the back side of the trailer," Sheriff Brian Kozak said Monday afternoon, Sept. 8, in a briefing published on the department's Facebook page.

Kozak says Bahner had a key fob in his backpack which unlocked the stolen car.

"As a result of their investigation, they also took ... Paiva into custody, who was also related to the stolen car," said Kozak.

Search Warrant Leads to Meth, Fentanyl

"After executing the search warrant, they took ... Lick into custody related to the drugs that were in the mobile home," he added. "In all, they seized 11 grams of methamphetamine (and) 40 fentanyl pills."

Bahner was subsequently charged with felony theft, Lick with felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of fentanyl, and Paiva with felony possession of methamphetamine, felony theft, misdemeanor possession of fentanyl, and misdemeanor theft.

Initial Court Appearances

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, the three were seen in Laramie County Circuit Court in front of Judge Antoinette Williams on their charges.

Williams appointed each of them a public defender and set Bahner's bond at $5,000 cash, Lick's at $3,000 cash, and Paiva's at $15,000 cash.

The three are scheduled to be back in court for their preliminary hearings on Friday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 a.m.

Please remember that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.