The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming announced on June 1 that four individuals have been sentenced in federal court for various drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
Oscar H. Hinojosa, 40, of Moreno Valley, California, received an 87-month prison sentence with five years of supervised release for distribution of fentanyl. Court documents show that in October 2022, agents from the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigated a drug trafficking organization operating between California/Arizona and Wyoming. Agents made a controlled purchase of 10,000 fentanyl pills through a Sinaloa Cartel load coordinator. The pills were mailed to Casper, where agents intercepted the package containing 10,128 fentanyl pills. Investigators determined Hinojosa mailed the parcel. He was indicted on September 3, 2025, pleaded guilty on February 5, and was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Kelly H. Rankin on April 23 in Cheyenne.
Sage Renee Jacobs, 24, of Evanston, Wyoming, was sentenced to 42 months’ imprisonment with three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl as well as distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents from July 2024 onward, DCI investigated a Sweetwater County drug ring involving Jacobs in several controlled buys over three months; she also transported two pounds of methamphetamine from the west coast to Wyoming for redistribution by co-conspirators. Jacobs was indicted January 15, pleaded guilty February 6 this year; her sentence was imposed May 21 by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl.
Jessie Murphy Johnson, age thirty-seven from Cheyenne, received a sentence totaling one hundred ten months’ imprisonment with five years’ supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and aiding/abetting its distribution following investigation into trafficking drugs from Denver supplying over five hundred grams to an informant.
Donald Gregory Hensley, also known as Greg Thrailkill, was sentenced to thirty months’ imprisonment plus two years’ supervised release after admitting being a felon in possession of a firearm following an incident reported October second last year involving threats and discharge into the air; police later recovered the gun, which belonged lawfully elsewhere.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming advances public safety by addressing emerging crime trends and training law enforcement; it operates offices in Cheyenne, Casper, Lander and Mammoth Hot Springs within Yellowstone National Park; functions under the United States Department of Justice; serves twenty-three counties across nearly ninety-eight thousand square miles including Wind River Indian Reservation portions Yellowstone National Park; prosecutes federal crimes and defends government interests in civil litigation, according to the official website.