On July 4 at 10:29 p.m., Deputy Garrett Lozier heard “a commotion” in the jail’s B-Pod and saw inmates William B. Sciolino and Jamison D. Finley facing each other, according to his affidavit. All inmates were ordered to lock down and Lozier walked Finley to his cell, noting red marks on his face, it says.
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SUBLETTE COUNTY – A Pinedale man who allegedly broke down a door, smashed a window and pushed against a woman’s throat during a May 21 domestic dispute is named in another dispute with an inmate.
On July 4 at 10:29 p.m., Deputy Garrett Lozier heard “a commotion” in the jail’s B-Pod and saw inmates William B. Sciolino and Jamison D. Finley facing each other, according to his affidavit. All inmates were ordered to lock down and Lozier walked Finley to his cell, noting red marks on his face, it says.
Finley said he was a pacifist and Lozier could check the cameras to see what happened, it says. On the footage, Finley was sitting at a table with papers and Sciolino was standing near the table with the TV remote. At 10:28 p.m., Finley stood up and slammed his papers, with Sciolino throwing his glasses and the remote across the room. Sciolino then allegedly advanced toward Finley in “a fighting stance” and began hitting Finley in the head while Finley tried to hold him at arm’s length, it says.
Next, Finley picked up the remote and Sciolino began striking him again; Finley went halfway up the stairs and held out his hand to stop. They both walked back over to the table and as Finley headed to the stairs again, Sciolino grabbed him, knocked him down and began striking him more, it says.
Finley said the fight started over court paperwork and he did not want to fight anyone or see anyone hurt; he was taken to the Pinedale Clinic with an injured left arm, right hand and multiple bruises, the affidavit says.
When interviewed, Sciolino told the deputy that Finley “kept running his mouth.” The deputy told him he might face a criminal charge and internal sanctions.
Sciolino was charged with the July 4 misdemeanor battery and pleaded guilty in Circuit Court. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail with one day suspended and fined $270 for this charge, separate from his previous May 21 alleged domestic dispute, records show.
On June 9, Sciolino pleaded not guilty before 9th District Judge Kate McKay to those felonies of entry into an occupied structure; domestic battery, second offense; criminal entry; criminal trespass, property destruction and interference with an officer.
She scheduled his trial for Sept. 18 and pretrial conference for Aug. 17. The judge set a bond of $5,000 cash only.
Finley, living in Cora, was also in custody awaiting proceedings for felonies of possession of controlled substance, delivery of a controlled substance and convicted felon with a firearm.
On June 21, several detectives executed a search warrant at the residence on Moose Gypsum Creek Road, finding psilocybin mushrooms in stages of growth and drying as well as a loaded pistol Finley said he dropped by the road, according to the affidavit.
On July 6, Finley appeared in Circuit Court for his preliminary hearing and was bound over to 9th District Court.
On July 13, he wrote on every page of a blank defendant’s request and affidavit for court-appointed counsel, “We have no contract!! God Bless. Petitioned for civil suit under 42.USC.1983 with United States Supreme Court, District of Wyoming” in Cheyenne.
On July 21, U.S. District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl ordered Finley to be brought before a federal magistrate judge for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm. The same day, Sublette County dropped all charges against Finley, whose arraignment here was scheduled for July 26.
