Laramie County Detention Center

It was a night like any other until a woman’s alleged theft attempt led to a dramatic encounter with law enforcement — and a series of serious charges.

An investigation is underway after an inmate died while in custody at the Laramie County Detention Center late Saturday.

To better care for mentally ill inmates, the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has opened new male and female "special management" pods in the jail, the first of their kind in Wyoming.

A 19-year-old Cheyenne man awaiting a guaranteed prison sentence for sexual assault is facing new charges after reportedly restraining and assaulting a fellow inmate at the Laramie County Detention Center.

A 45-year-old Louisiana transient currently being housed in the Laramie County Detention Center is facing felony charges after reportedly spitting bloody saliva on three jailers.

A 46-year-old Cheyenne transient currently being housed in the Laramie County Detention Center is facing another felony charge after reportedly sending a jailer to the hospital.

A 36-year-old Cheyenne man is facing felony charges after reportedly being caught with fentanyl after being booked into jail on an unrelated warrant.

A Laramie County inmate is facing another felony charge after reportedly causing a raw sewage flood and smearing feces in his cell.

A 36-year-old Cheyenne man is being held on $21,000 cash bail after allegedly strangling his newlywed wife and then breaking a cell door at the jail.

Bond was set at $50,000 cash Wednesday for a Scottsbluff, Nebraska teen charged in Laramie County with multiple felonies.