The federal case, and facts stated by Harkins during his pleas Wednesday, arose from a local investigation based on tips that he was using and selling illegal drugs at his home.
Two people were busted for drugs earlier this month after running out of gas on Interstate 80 in Sweetwater County, the Wyoming Highway Patrol announced Tuesday.
An ordinance to decriminalize marijuana within the city of Cheyenne failed to pass a second reading on a 6 to 3 vote during Monday night's City Council meeting.
A federal warrant for Ryan Harkins' arrest on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and methamphetamine distribution was filed in January.
Recently, Forbes reported that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stated that cannabinoids in both delta-8 and delta-9 THC-O should be considered illegal, controlled substances.
Marcus Jones and Gabe Knowlton with Platte Hemp Company recently met with various Wyoming law enforcement officials to discuss CBD and what Delta-8 THC actually is...and isn't.
Nelson continued that Harrington's social media appears to glorify gang life with pictures of guns and signs. He shows "a degree of pride and joy of this life of harm and hazard."
Preliminary hearings for a Burns woman and two Cheyenne men charged in the shooting death of a 16-year-old Cheyenne girl have been continued once again.