A man on Wednesday admitted in court to stealing two locomotives in Campbell County in October and crashing them into another train, according to information from the U.S. District Court of Wyoming.
Derek Skyler Brux entered into a plea deal with prosecutors during a hearing at the federal court building in Casper. John Powell, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said he could not release the terms of Brux’s plea deal.
Read the complete story at the Casper Star Tribune.
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