Overview

• Cody Roberts was indicted by a 12-person Sublette County grand jury on a felony animal cruelty charge, the county attorney confirmed.
• If convicted, Roberts faces up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine under Wyoming law.
• Prosecutors say jurors reviewed evidence over two weeks, overcoming earlier delays tied to uncooperative witnesses.
• Roberts allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut, displayed it in a bar near Daniel on Feb. 29, 2024, and later killed it, according to photos and video circulated at the time.
• Most of Wyoming classifies wolves as predators that can be freely killed, Sublette County is in that zone, and grand juries are uncommon in the state.