District Court News

A 32-year-old Sheridan man was sentenced in Fourth Judicial District Court Thursday for two felony drug possession charges. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

On December 31, 2025, a special agent with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation was contacted by a United States Postal Inspector about a suspicious package they had received that was being sent from Manteca, California to an address in Sheridan. A subsequent investigation led to the arrest of Tanner Kjos and Brittany Popp of Sheridan.

At a sentencing hearing Thursday, District Court Judge Darci Phillips accepted the terms of the plea agreement that was reached between the defendant and the State and sentenced Kjos to 2 to 4 years in prison for each of two felony drug possession charges and to run the sentences concurrent to one another. The prison time was suspended in favor of three years of supervised probation. Kjos was ordered to pay $575 in court costs and assessments. Kjos was given credit for three days’ time served of presentence confinement. Kjos’s co-defendant, Brittany Popp received the same sentence at a recent hearing in District Court.

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An arraignment hearing for 63-year-old William Rotellini was held Thursday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan. Rotellini pleaded not guilty to one count of felony possession of a controlled substance – cocaine, and one count of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance – marijuana. Rotellini was arrested this past summer in Sheridan following a search of his vehicle by law enforcement during a traffic stop on Coffeen Avenue. According to the affidavit of probable cause, Rotellini was allegedly in possession of over 10 grams of Cocaine when he was pulled over.

District Court Judge Darci Phillips scheduled a three-day jury trial to begin Monday, February 22, 2027. A pretrial conference will take place in District Court on January 21 at 10:30 am. Rotellini’s bond was continued under the same terms and conditions that were previously set in Circuit Court. If convicted on both of the alleged charges, Rotellini faces up to eight years in prison and fines of up to $16,000.