Couple charged with thefts, horse rustling

By Joy Ufford jufford@pinedaleroundup.com
Posted 12/12/19

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Couple charged with thefts, horse rustling

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A couple who

worked at Boulder Lake Lodge as manager

and outfitter was let go after eight months

now face felony charges of theft and horse

rustling that allegedly occurred between being

hired and fired.

Katherine A. Entsminger was hired in

September 2017 at Boulder Lake Lodge and

became manager in January 2018, hiring her

boyfriend Thomas W. Hickman to also work

there, according to court records. They were

fired and the owner asked a security firm from

Jackson to be on hand Aug. 8, 2018, “for a

peaceful dismissal,” records show.

On Dec. 3, Entsminger was charged with

two counts of felony theft of more than $1,000

in value. She is also charged with two felony

counts of rustling.

She allegedly used a Boulder Lake Lodge

debit card and account from November 2017

through May 2018 to buy chocolates, clothing,

jewelry, furnishings, cosmetics, toys and

other items shipped to herself or others’ addresses

in Iowa or Michigan, records show.

In April 2018, Entsminger also used

Boulder Lake Lodge accounts to buy two

registered quarter horse mares at Billings

Livestock auctions and registered herself as

the owner, according to court records.

When they were fired on Aug. 8, 2018, she

and Hickman allegedly took multiple saddles,

tack, household goods, a large-screen

TV, electronics and other items from Boulder

Lake Lodge to a private residence in Sublette

County and also made arrangements to board

the two horses with a local landowner.

Hickman is charged with one felony count

of theft and two of rustling.

Then on Aug. 11, 2018, the couple gathered

some of the property at the private residence

and left Wyoming; they have not

returned, according to Detective Travis Lanning.

They also took the two horses, records

show. What they left behind is valued at more

than $1,000; it is “unknown” what all was

taken from Boulder Lake Lodge, the affidavit

says.

At press time, Entsminger and Hickman

had not been served.