Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced SERGIO NERI-ARCE, 36, of Mexico on September 20, 2019 for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Neri-Arce was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received time served plus ten days to allow for deportation proceedings. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigated this case.
Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced KIMBERLY DAWN DANIELS, 46, of Sheridan, Wyoming on September 17, 2019 for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. Daniels was arrested in Sheridan, Wyoming. She received one hundred twenty months of imprisonment, to be followed by sixty months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $500.00. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation investigated this case.
Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced MICHAEL DEE BEARCLAW, Jr., 30, of Lodge Grass, Montana on September 18, 2019 for stealing a firearm from a federal firearm licensee. Bearclaw was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received ninety months of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $301.98. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated this case.
On September 24, 2019 a Federal Grand Jury returned and indictment against ANDREW WEAVER, age 25, of Cheyenne, Wyoming for being a felon in possession of a firearm stemming from a shooting that occurred in Cheyenne on September 16th. Weaver made his initial appearance in front of Chief United States Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin on September 25th and was ordered to be held in the custody of the United States Marshals Service. Weaver will have his arraignment and detention hearing on September 30th.
The Cheyenne Police Department along with agents of the FBI, DEA, and ATF continue to investigate the shootings of four people in Cheyenne on September 16, 2019. The United States Attorney’s Office is in contact with all agencies involved.
Mark A. Klaassen, United States Attorney for Wyoming, stated, “This indictment is a first step in an ongoing process. My office will continue to do all we can to investigate and develop this case and see that it’s charged appropriately. I appreciate the cooperation that is occurring between our local Cheyenne Police and our federal law enforcement agency partners in this effort.”
An indictment is an allegation and Mr. Weaver is presumed innocent until if and when proven guilty in court.