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Charges Stem From Mangy Moose Melee

Trial of Man Who Allegedly Injured Deputy Begins

By Gil Brady, 9-17-07

JACKSON, Wyo. — The man charged with allegedly kicking and injuring Teton County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Stanyon during a March melee at the Mangy Moose goes on trial Tuesday.

Robert Hulsy, 25, faces one count of interference with a peace officer, a felony.

Prosecutors dropped two of three felonies against Hulsy earlier this year. But Circuit Court Judge Timothy C. Day allowed the third charge – felony interference with a peace officer – to be bound over to District Court.

During the case’s initial phase in lower court, Hulsy’s former lawyer, Public Defender Greg Blenkinsop, successfully argued that prosecutors failed to prove the necessary elements of an aggravated assault and battery charge.

According to records and witnesses, Stanyon and fellow Deputy Chad Sachse arrived at the Mangy Moose Saloon March 14 after dispatch reported that a male was picking fights with customers and bouncers were having trouble containing him. By the time deputies arrived, saloon employees and Hulsy’s roommate, Richard Jenkins, reportedly had already pinned Hulsy face-down on the bar’s back deck.

Hulsy allegedly kicked Stanyon in the knee as Stanyon and Sachse led him outside the popular night spot in Teton Village around 2 a.m. During the reported incident, Stanyon sustained an injury to his knee serious enough to place him on temporary leave until he was able to return earlier this summer to limited duties at county dispatch.

Opening arguments in the trial are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in 9th District Court before Judge Nancy J. Guthrie. If convicted, Hulsy could spend up to 10 years in jail and recieve $10,000 in fines, or both.

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