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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Thursday, September 12th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by ServeWyoming - Wyoming's center for volunteerism and AmeriCorps service for the last 30 years! For volunteer opportunities, visit ServeWyoming dot org"

A Hudson man who became the subject of a YouTube vigilante's pedophile sex-crime sting operation Friday was booked into the local jail later that day.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that 57-year-old Sean Brennan was confronted by Tommy Fellows, of Colorado Ped Patrol, who posted a video to his YouTube channel Friday showcasing the confrontation at Brennan's place of work in Lander.

"Fellows confronts the guy immediately with a binder that he says is transcripts of his of Brennan's chats with minors, well with decoys as miners, and they take the conversation outside… the boss, immediately, he fires the guy, Brennan's not allowed back inside. Police actually retrieve his things… at the end of the video, Fellows, the sort of vigilante guy says, if you guys are in this area, you should support this local business. What a great owner."

Brennan was still in jail as of Wednesday afternoon, held on charges that have not yet been disclosed publicly.

Read the full story HERE.

The suspect in an alleged archery killing spree that left nine mule deer carcasses scattered around Cody remains in the Park County jail, and as the news has spread around town, locals are outraged.

Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that 20-year-old Joshua Wielhouwer, a resident of Jenson, Michigan, faces nine counts of taking a big game animal without a license and nine counts of wanton destruction of a big game animal.

"Over about a week or two week period, he was out with a compound bow, illegally shooting and killing mule deer right there in town… the suspect is being held, I think, on $36,000 bond… as one might expect, this is apparently being taken very seriously by the authorities, and there's going to be some pretty heavy consequences coming out of this."

Several locals contacted by Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday and Wednesday said they hadn't heard of the incident. Upon finding out more details, Jim Zumbo, an avid hunter and noted outdoors writer who lives in Park County, called the alleged acts "despicable."

Read the full story HERE.

It's not unheard of for political yard signs to be stolen during election season, but what's more rare is purposeful vandalism and alteration to the signs.

That's what's happened in Laramie, where Republican state Senate candidate Gary Crum said 16 of his political signs were marred with vulgar changes. He told Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson that the defacing of the signs goes far past simple vandalism.

"He believes this is emblematic of why he's running for the Wyoming Legislature in first place, to bring common sense solutions and civility back to the chamber. Spoke to Mike Selmer, who's his Democratic opponent. Selmer said he has no idea who's behind the vandalism, but he does not support it. He also said he wouldn't be surprised if he found out it was a member of the farther right Republican group of Wyoming Freedom Caucus that might have been behind it."

Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams of Cody, who is the Freedom Caucus chair, said she's offended by the insinuation. She said, quote, "Conservatives don't vand