Case DIH-2945

Shelby Toby Girten

Federal · Wyoming · Sentenced 2023

A Cheyenne, Wyoming, man who sold four fentanyl pills to a man found dead the next day, February 6, 2023.

Court
Federal, Not reported (federal court, Cheyenne)
State
Wyoming
Year of death
2023
Year sentenced
2023
Drugs
Fentanyl pills (the autopsy found cocaine and fentanyl)
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Distribution of fentanyl
Plea or trial
Not reported in reviewed source
Sentence
5 years in federal prison
Found through
State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

This was a federal prosecution. For what Wyoming’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Wyoming in the state law guide.

Sources

  1. kgab.comCheyenne man gets 5 years for selling fentanyl linked to death

Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.

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