Sexual Assault

According to charging documents made available Thursday morning, the alleged incident occurred on May 9.

Thompson and the alleged victim live together, according to court documents.

First-degree sexual assault carries a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence.

The Wyoming Attorney General's Office has 45 days to respond to Cercy's appeal.

President Laurie Nichols says the student senate also plans to ask the university to hire a sexual assault prevention educator starting in 2021.

Under the new plan, Galbreath said the military would put information on alleged attackers into a database so repeat offenders can be identified.

Wyoming law since the mid-1980s no longer guarantees the right to be released on bond.

Pearce is being held in the Sweetwater County Detention Center with no bond, according to the Mesa County, Colorado Sheriff's Office.

Republican state Rep. Clark Stith, of Rock Springs, told fellow lawmakers the bill is written too broadly for certain situations.

The Fifth Amendment prohibits being tried twice for the same crime, which is known as double jeopardy.