Adriana Terrazas-Pacheco, a resident of Casper, Wyoming, has been sentenced to federal prison for one month, followed by five months of home confinement and a year of supervised release. This sentence comes after Terrazas-Pacheco was found guilty of willfully failing to file a tax return. According to court records, she did not submit tax returns from 2017 to 2022, and after realizing she was under investigation, she submitted belated and misleading tax returns. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence on April 17, in Cheyenne. Terrazas-Pacheco must also pay $48,039 in restitution to the IRS, $4,387 for prosecution costs, and a $4,000 fine.
Curtis Wesley Rogers, of Douglas, Wyoming, has received a 240-month prison sentence and a five-year supervised release in two separate criminal cases. One involved the distribution of fentanyl, resulting in a death, and the other involved conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine in Texas. Rogers is obligated to pay $9,219.78 to the affected Wyoming family. This case was investigated by the DEA and local enforcement agencies. Chief Judge Scott W. Skavdahl delivered the sentence on April 15.
Dustin Trosper, a transient on the Wind River Reservation, was sentenced to 60 months in prison with three years of supervised release. Trosper was accused of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. The incident involved a confrontation in a parking lot during an attempted fentanyl sale. Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced Trosper on April 17.
In Cheyenne, Benjamin Cisneros was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment with a five-year supervised release for drug and firearms offenses. Law enforcement found Cisneros in possession of significant quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine, along with a firearm. He pleaded guilty to the charges, and U.S. District Court Judge Kelly H. Rankin passed the sentence on April 15.
Alfredo Carlos Chong-Licea, Julio Lopez-Vazquez, and Miguel Ramos-Perez, all Mexican nationals, were sentenced to time served and will be deported for illegally re-entering the United States, having previously been deported. Their cases were handled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with Chong-Licea’s sentence imposed on April 18 and Lopez-Vazquez and Ramos-Perez on April 15 by Judge Scott W. Skavdahl.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming handles federal litigation and prosecutions, including initiatives such as Project Safe Childhood and Operation Take Back America.