ROCK SPRINGS — The daughter of the Rock Springs Police Chief will spend Christmas and New Years Day behind bars after pleading no contest to a charge related to poisoning her roommate’s dog earlier this year.

Allie Erspamer, 19, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor cruelty to animals Dec. 3 before Circuit Court Judge John LaBuda. The charge was amended from an initial felony charge through a plea agreement. The felony could have resulted in a prison sentence of up to two years . Instead, Erspamer was sentenced to 42 days in jail and was ordered to pay $2,224.86 in restitution to the dog’s owner. Erspamer is being jailed at the Sublette County Detention Center.

The case was handled by the Sublette County Attorney’s Office and LaBuda, who presides over circuit court in Sublette County, due

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