Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan Date: 17 January 2025 Subjects: American Government , Crime [Non-automotive content removed.]

Recent Sentencings

Public Lands Violations

Yellowstone National Park

Alexander Villanueva, 37, of Las Vegas Nevada, pled guilty to reckless driving, failing to comply with a traffic control device, possessing an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, and refusing to submit to a test of his breath on January 14, 2025 in Mammoth, Wyoming. According to court documents, Villanueva was contacted by law enforcement officers after a park visitor reported him for an erratic driving pattern. After standard field sobriety testing indicated Mr. Villanueva was unsafe to operate a motor vehicle, he was arrested. After his arrest, Mr. Villanueva refused to submit to an official breath test. For refusing to submit to a breath test, Villanueva was sentenced to a seven-day term of incarceration with credit for two days previously served. He was also sentenced to pay a total of $1,020 in fines and court costs and placed on a two-year term of unsupervised probation, one of the terms prohibits him from entering Yellowstone National Park during the period of probation. Because he refused the official breath test, he may not operate a motor vehicle for one year on any federal land according to 18 U.S.C. 3118. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ariel C. Calmes prosecuted the case.

Lori Hogan (PIO Contractor)
United States Attorney’s Office
District of Wyoming
307-772-2995
usawy.pio@usdoj.gov
@usaowy

Updated January 21, 2025

Press Release Number: 25-007