Three people have been sentenced for their roles in a fentanyl trafficking operation in Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Smith. The investigation began in September 2024 when the Cheyenne Police Department Community Action Team started looking into fentanyl distribution in the area.
Investigators used surveillance and interviews to follow Brady Ehlers and Ashley Haberman as they traveled to Colorado to buy fentanyl and then distributed it in Laramie County. Search warrants led detectives to seize fentanyl and drug paraphernalia from Ehlers’s vehicle and a hotel room shared by Ehlers and Haberman. Authorities determined that the two had been redistributing fentanyl for several months. One of their redistributors, Stacey Scrak, sold fentanyl to another person who later overdosed. The Drug Enforcement Administration also participated in the investigation.
U.S. Attorney Smith stated, “It is devastating to see the impact that this terrible drug has had across our nation. Knowing that fentanyl has a high rate of death, it makes it that much harder to understand how people can put profit over human life. I am grateful for the strong alliance between the Cheyenne Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and I commend their work on this case.”
Brady Joseph Ehlers, 35, of Evanston received a sentence of 168 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. His case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mackenzie Morrison; he pleaded guilty on February 28 after being charged on November 16, 2024. U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson handed down his sentence on April 15.
Ashley Nicole Haberman, 40, of Cheyenne was sentenced to 144 months in prison with five years of supervised release for similar charges. She pleaded guilty on March 18 after being charged on November 26, 2024; her sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on June 5.
Stacey Claire Scrak, 28, also from Cheyenne, received a sentence of 144 months’ imprisonment with three years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl. Her prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Z. Seth Griswold; she pleaded guilty on April 17 following her arrest on February 19. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Kelly H. Rankin imposed her sentence on October 8.
All three sentences resulted from plea agreements with minimum terms set at twelve years in federal prison.
