Sheridan Man Sentenced to Prison for Theft and Probation Revocation

A 20-year-old Sheridan man was sentenced to prison at a hearing Thursday in Fourth Judicial District Court. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

In early 2025, Kolby McDougall, received a deferred prosecution and three years of supervised probation for the charge of felony burglary. McDougall was charged with burglary for breaking into the Big Horn Y with three other individuals during the early morning hours of June 17, 2024. The group stole various forms of alcohol from the establishment. While on probation for the burglary case, McDougall was arrested for forging the name of an employee of Black Bear Construction when signing receipts for gas at the Coop in Sheridan between June 1 and September 7 of 2025.  

A global sentencing hearing was held Thursday in District Court to address the State’s motion to revoke McDougall’s probation and to sentence him for the forgery case. McDougall admitted to the Court that he’d violated the terms and conditions of his probation by committing forgery and other numerous crimes while on felony probation. District Court Judge Darci Phillips imposed the underlying 4 to 6 year prison sentence on the burglary charge, and 4 to 6 years in prison on the forgery charge. The sentences will run concurrent to one another.

Judge Phillips recommended that McDougall take part in the Youthful Offender Transition Program through the Wyoming Department of Corrections. Phillips stated that if McDougall successfully completes the nine month program, he can petition the Court for a sentence modification. McDougall was ordered to pay $325 in court costs and assessments, $4,935 in restitution to Black Bear Construction joint and several with Cadence Norris and Tyler Parks. The Court awarded McDougall with 302 days of credit for time served of presentence confinement. He was remanded to the custody of the Sheridan County Detention Center pending transfer to prison.

Also from District Court:

On May 19, 2026, 43-year-old Delia Chavez was sentenced in Fourth Judicial District Court to 3 to 5 years in prison for felony unlawful entry into an occupied structure for entering a residence in Ranchester and battering an individual inside the residence, causing multiple injuries to the victim’s head and face area and misdemeanor interference with an emergency call. The prison sentence was suspended in favor of a split-sentence of 45 days in jail to be followed by three years of supervised probation.

The State recently filed a motion to revoke Chavez’s probation for being arrested and charged with domestic battery on July 17, 2026. Chavez, at an order to show cause hearing Thursday in District Court in Sheridan, Chavez admitted that she’d violated the terms of her probation. District Court Judge Darci Phillips imposed a 76-day jail sentence for the probation revocation and ordered Chavez to pay $200 in public defender fees. Chavez received credit for 35 days time served of presentence confinement, which leaves her with 41 days left to to serve in the Sheridan County Detention Center.