Prison Sentence Handed Down for Man Charged with Property Destruction

An 18-year-old man will be serving prison time for felony property destruction and defacement. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

A sentencing hearing was held Thursday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for 18-year-old Kolby Petersen. In December of 2024, Petersen was arrested for damaging the windshield, breaking two side windows and slashing two tires of an individual’s vehicle.

At Thursday’s hearing, District Court Judge Darci Phillips accepted the terms of the plea agreement reached between the State and the defendant and sentenced Petersen to 2 to 4 years in prison with the recommendation he participate in the Youthful Offender Treatment Program at the State Penitentiary in Rawlins.

If Petersen successfully completes the six to nine month program, he can petition the Court to have the remainder of his sentence suspended and be placed on three years of supervised probation. Judge Phillips ordered Petersen to pay $1,441 in restitution to the victim and $325 in court costs and assessments.

Petersen was given 187 days of credit for time served of presentence confinement. He was remanded to the custody of the Sheridan County Detention Center pending transfer to the State Penitentiary.

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A sentencing hearing was held Thursday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for 22-year-old Julian Patino. District Court Judge Darci Phillips accepted the terms of the plea agreement Patino reached with the State, and sentenced him to 2 to 3 years in prison, suspended in favor of three years of supervised probation for the charge of accessory after the fact. Patino was ordered to pay $1,181 in restitution jointly and severally with three other co-defendants in the case. Judge Phillips also imposed  $325 in court costs and assessments and $250 in public defender fees.

Patino was sentenced for his role in the Big Horn Y being burglarized during the early morning hours of June 17, 2024, when three co-defendants broke into the establishment and stole various forms of alcohol. Patino was the driver of the vehicle but did not enter the establishment with the co-defendants. Snapchat messages played a pivotal role in the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office investigation and the eventual arrests of Patino and the three co-defendants in July of 2024.