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Judge rejects straight probation agreement for Bar Nunn man who went 100 mph on bare rims during chase on Outer Drive 11%
By Greg Hirst6%
8/6/2026, 4:04:50 PM
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CASPER, Wyo. — The prosecution and defense will have to come up with a new agreement for a Bar Nunn man who pleaded guilty to leading Evansville police on a prolonged chase in and around Casper last summer, fleeing at high speeds after his tires disintegrated and the bare rims chewed into the asphalt and sent rocks back into the pursuing cruiser.
The plea agreement put on the record at the April 1 hearing called for probation.
“I said this was going to be a tough sell, and it remains so,” Judge Dan Forgey said at the sentencing hearing on Monday.
Skyian Allen West Janeaux, 22, pleaded guilty to DUI and eluding while causing over $10,000 in property damage.
Evansville police tried to pull him over as he left Butch’s Happy Days going an estimated 15 mph over the speed limit.
Janeaux’s truck was spike stripped on an out-and-back pursuit on Interstate 25, but he continued along Outer Drive to the west side of town, east on CY Avenue and onto 13th Street, where he was unable to brake before the T-intersection with South McKinley and crashed into a pile of debris in a vacant lot between a shop and a camper, according to the Evansville PD report.
Cpl.
Hawes approached the vehicle through a cloud of dust and found the truck empty.
Janeaux had fled on foot but was found nearby by Casper police.
Assistant District Attorney Pat LeBrun and defense counsel Ryan Semerad told Forgey at sentencing on Monday, Aug. 3 that Janeaux was a suitable candidate for probation and that presentence investigators at the department of corrections agreed.
“I have full confidence that the person standing here today is not the same person in that vehicle on August 15, 2025,” Semerad said.
“There is a maturation process.
… This and his last case has been a slap in the face.”
Semerad added that Janeaux had remained employed and would be able to pay off the $16,324 of restitution in a year if he could keep working.
He added that though Janeaux is eligible for the Youthful Offender Transition Program, he was already on track to leaving behind his reckless conduct.
LeBrun confirmed that Janeaux’s criminal history included a DUI and eluding case in city court in 2024.
“Same as we have here,” Forgey remarked.
“I’ve thought a lot about this proposal, but when I read this affidavit, it’s easily one of the worst eluding cases I’ve had,” said Forgey, who rarely elaborates on the nature of the case in his sentencing decisions.
“There’s a good amount of mitigating information, and I’ve weighed that, but I’m concerned this agreement doesn’t have the balance I’m looking for.”
A new sentencing hearing will be scheduled as the prosecution and defense work on another sentencing recommendation.
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