Teton lawyer heads state bar

JACKSON -- Teton County Prosecutor Brian Hultman has been named president-elect of the Wyoming State Bar.

Hultman will lead the organization starting next September, when current president William Hiser is slated to relinquish the position.

The Wyoming State Bar has nearly 2,300 active members.

Hultman, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is a 15-year member of the state bar. He previously served a three-year term as the 9th Judicial District commissioner and a one-year term as the vice president of the state bar.

Accused shooter pleads not guilty

CHEYENNE -- The second man charged in the shooting death of Adonnis Whitehead has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy charges.

Charles Edward Jones entered the not guilty plea on Monday. He is accused of shooting the 21-year-old Whitehead during a robbery at a Cheyenne party. Also charged in the case is Dedrick L. Bell, who entered a not guilty plea to first-degree murder, aiding, abetting or being an accessory to robbery and conspiracy earlier this month.

Truck tire injures trooper

ROCK SPRINGS -- A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper received minor injuries when her patrol car was struck by a tire that came off a truck on Interstate 80.

Patrol Lt. Scott Keane said trooper Carla Nichols was traveling eastbound on I-80 around 1:30 p.m. Monday after being dispatched to an accident.

She began to slow and turn around in the medium when an oncoming semi truck lost a tire.

Keane said Nichols noticed the tire approaching and was able to turn the car so the tire impacted the side of her vehicle.

He said Nichols was treated and released at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County.

Keane said the accident involved some type of mechanical failure on the truck but investigators are still looking into the incident.

Bicycle theft rises in Powell

POWELL -- Crime cycle has taken on a new meaning in Powell.

Police say they have received reports of 17 bike thefts in the past week. Only three stolen bikes have been recovered.

In two separate instances, police officers found abandoned cycles, and while taking them back to the station, their owners reported them stolen.

Powell police Sgt. Alan Kent said the number of stolen bike reports and the fact that the missing bikes don't turn up later somewhere in town is unusual.

Kent said most of the stolen bikes are being taken from yards.

He advises people to put their bikes in the garage or lock them up.