Wyoming News Briefs

Man who led deputies on chase with meth and fentanyl in car gets 8-10 years

GILLETTE (WNE) — A man who led sheriff’s deputies on a car chase through Gillette while his passenger threw meth and fentanyl out the window was sentenced to up to ten years in prison.

Zachary Thomas Stott, 29, was given two imposed eight- to 10-year sentences in May for possession with intent to deliver meth and fentanyl. The two sentences are to run concurrent with each other, according to court documents.

Dawn M. Merdink, 44, was in the car with Stott and accused of throwing the drugs from the car windows during the...