Cheyenne Woman Gets 10 Years in Kidnapping Case

A 27-year-old Cheyenne woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a September 2017 kidnapping.

Ashley Marie Gonzales was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal on Monday for seize, confine, kidnap, carry away and hold as well as possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Gonzales and her co-defendant, Cody Ahrens, were charged federally in December after reportedly kidnapping a woman from a party in Sun Valley on Sept. 1, driving her to a remote spot in Weld County, Colorado and shooting at her.

The Cheyenne Police Department, Weld County Sheriff's Office, Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.