sexual assault

Police were alerted when dispatch got a call via 911 on Sunday with a woman crying and telling a man to get off her.

A Laramie County jury on Thursday returned a split verdict in the case against a former Wyoming Highway Patrol sergeant charged with sexually assaulting two women.

"You didn't resist him, did you?" asked Infanger to an alleged victim called by the power of subpoena. "You didn't call out for help, did you?" If Elijiah Dobbins is found guilty, this young man could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Assistant District Attorney Mackenzie Morrison told Judge Christiansen that Dobbins also has several felony allegations -- all extremely serious -- with several different alleged victims.

He originally pleaded guilty by reason of mental illness or deficiency.

"She said he had physically and sexually abused her in the truck over the past several days while she was transporting the commercial cargo," the release stated. "She also stated he stabbed her in the leg."

A January 10 trial date was set for Gabriel Testerman by Laramie County District Court Judge Thomas Campbell.

He has not had an opportunity to enter pleas to his charges.

A Wyoming woman was recently sentenced after being convicted for falsely claiming a police officer sexually assaulted her. The Wyoming US Attorney's Office announced that 56-year-old Kinnear resident Benita Louise Smith was given two years of supervised probation along with a $100 special assessment fee...

Harnetty is currently serving a 20- to 30-year prison sentence for the two second-degree sexual assault convictions.