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Committee weighs new "absconding for criminal purposes" offense; asks LSO to refine draft
Summary
A draft offense would criminalize traveling across county or out-of-state lines in furtherance of specified crimes; members sought clearer definitions, temporal limits and a felony threshold, and agreed to hold the measure for redrafting and additional consultation.
A bill draft (26LSO82) would create a new offense for traveling or "absconding" across county lines (and, as amended in committee, to jurisdictions outside Wyoming) in furtherance of specified crimes — including theft and controlled‑substances offenses — and would make it a felony punishable by up to five years and a $5,000 fine.
LSO staff said the draft requires moving from one county to another after committing a crime and meeting one of enumerated elements — for example,…
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