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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Thursday, March 19th. I'm Mac Watson.

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A 14-year-old accused of shooting his mother in the head after she called him "retarded" and a "thief" over a stolen electronic tablet was bound over to felony court Wednesday. Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson reports that Havoc Leone has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder.

"The 14 year old team was brought in wearing the, you know, the juvenile jail garbs, most people adults, they wear the, you know, the bright orange jump seats. He was wearing a tan one. And he's rather small, so it looked very big on him. He came in and he sat down. I didn't see much emotion from him, but he just sat there quietly and watched the testimony. Some of it was pretty gruesome, but he just didn't, he didn't react."

Laramie County Assistant District Attorney Kelly Strickland argued during Wednesday's preliminary hearing that the boy expressed a long-simmering hatred for his mother, and had thoughts about killing her. Conversely, the defense argued that Leone is an emotionally vulnerable child who had been subjected to a pattern of degrading treatment by a mentally ill mother.

Read the full story HERE.

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A Wyoming reporter posted bond and left jail Wednesday in a case claiming she submitted forged documents and lied to a state panel about a controversial wind project near Chugwater. Cowboy State Daily's Dale Killingbeck reports that April Marie Morganroth faces 10 felonies and up to 65 years in prison if convicted.

"April Morganroth, who's also known as Marie Hamilton, in court documents. Got out of jail today. Her attorney was able to convince the judge to reduce her $50,000 cash bond of $5,000 and so she left the jail, according to jail personnel, and they waived her preliminary examination on those 10 charges, so she now faces arraignment in Platte County District Court. We also know that her husband posted online to a fundraising website that they're asking for people to help out in the defense saying that there may be, quote, unquote, some political things going on in her prosecution."

Morganroth, 40, faces three counts of possession of forged writing, three counts of forgery and four counts of perjury in judicial, legislative, or administrative proceedings.

Read the full story HERE.

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U.S. House candidate and Casper businessman Reid Rasner has sued three more people for defamation. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that one of the persons said she welcomes the lawsuit.

"One of those is another former legislator, Kit Jennings, and then two are Natrona County residents, a man and his ex wife. So that's Dan Sabroski and Michelle St Louis. He claims that Kit Jennings has been accusing him of sexual misconduct, and that Dan Sabraski and Michelle St Louis have been waging a social media and whisper campaign that has damaged his business. But Michelle St Louis said, 'Yeah, bring it on.'"

The three new lawsuits are in addition to his July 2025 defamation lawsuit against former state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican who represented parts of Laramie and Platte counties.

Read the full story HERE.

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