CASPER, Wyo. — Provided below are the defendants and charges from appearances in Natrona County Circuit Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. All defendants entering not guilty pleas or charged with felonies are presumed innocent until convicted or pleading guilty. Charges may be amended in future proceedings.
Pleas on felony charges are not entered in circuit court, though bond conditions are set. Misdemeanor charges included in the same case advance with the felony and to district court, where a formal plea is entered.
A bail bondsman can post a surety bond, typically requiring at least 15%. A “personal recognizance” or “signature” bond means there is no money required to get out, but the defendant could owe the full amount if they fail to appear.
Factors affecting bond and sentencing include the nature of the crime, the weight of the evidence, ties to the community, and the defendant’s criminal history, including current bonds or active probations. For probation revocations, the state is only required to prove the allegations in an affidavit for revocation “to a preponderance of the evidence.” For defendants denying probation violations, a new bond is set. For purposes of this document, admissions and denials are represented as guilty and not guilty pleas, respectively.
Fees for certain convictions may include $150 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, $70 in court costs and $50 to Drug Court assessment. Only additional fines and restitution amounts are reported below.
Felonies and engrossed misdemeanors
- Tabitha Richardson, 37 – Aggravated Assault and Battery (12/9/25)
- $30,000 cash or surety bond
- Devin Pangus, 32 – Forgery x6, Theft Under $1,000
- $15,000 cash or surety bond
- Ty Patterson, 33 — Assault on Corrections Officer; Possession of Fentanyl
- $3,250 total cash or surety bonds
- Amber Nichole Ferre, 33 — Possession of a Controlled Substance: Third or Subsequent upon Conviction (Methamphetamine)
- $7,500 cash or surety bond
- Lakreshia Winters, 41 – Theft (2005 Chevy Tahoe), False Statement to Obtain Title
- $2,500 cash or surety bond
Guilty and no-contest pleas
- Dena Eckhardt, 31 – Probation Revocation
- Six month sentence imposed (credit for approx. 85 days served)
- Tehran Flowers, 46 – Domestic Battery
- Time served (103 days)
- Felony charge dropped
- Aaron Hayworth, 20 — Fleeing/Eluding, Reckless Driving, Tail Lamp Violation (10/13/25)
- Benjamin Johnson, 20 — Use of Controlled Substance
Not guilty pleas
- Zane Swensen, 28 – DUI, Interference Insurance Violation: No Insurance
- Darell Ray Booke Jr. — Possession of Controlled Substance
- $1,000 cash or surety bond
Other
- Derrick Jonas, 39 — Fail to Appear for Restitution Hearing on 3/4/26
- $1,000 cash or surety bond
- Jeremy Lambson, 36 — Fail to Appear for Order to Show Cause Hearing on 2/27/26
- Pay $1,740 in 30 days or serve 30 days
