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A 53-year-old Sheridan man was sentenced Tuesday in Fourth Judicial District Court for his role in distributing methamphetamine in the Sheridan area. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
District Court Judge Darci Phillips accepted the terms of the plea agreement that was reached between the State and the defendant, and sentenced Daniel Watts to 3 to 5 years in prison for the charge of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance – methamphetamine. The sentence was suspended in lieu of a 90-day split sentence in the Sheridan County Detention Center to be followed by three years of supervised probation. Judge Phillips stated to Watts that the basis for accepting the plea agreement was his lack of a criminal history and that typically a harsher sentence is handed down to someone guilty of delivering methamphetamine.
Watts was given credit for 19 days of time served of presentence confinement and ordered to pay $375 in court costs and assessments; $500 in restitution to the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and $500 to the State of Wyoming in public defender fees. According to court documents, Watts was arrested on July 15, 2024 as part of an investigation by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation into a methamphetamine distribution ring in Sheridan County.
Other District Court News:
An arraignment hearing was held Tuesday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for 35-year-old Juanita Buckley. At the hearing, Buckley pleaded not guilty to two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance – methamphetamine. District Court Judge Darci Phillips scheduled a two-day jury trial to begin on June 2. The trial is a #3 stack jury trial, meaning there are two other trials scheduled on the same date that take precedence. A pretrial conference will take place on May 6 at 10 am. A request to modify Buckley’s bond was denied by the Court due to the nature of the charges.
According to court documents, agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation conducted a controlled buy on December 9 and one on December 10 of last year, where Buckley allegedly delivered methamphetamine to a confidential informant. Each count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.
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