By ALYSSA GUZMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 14:58 GMT, 1 January 2025 | Updated: 15:40 GMT, 1 January 2025

A Wyoming couple could face centuries in prison after they allegedly arranged and had group sex with a child, who they supplied with drugs. 

Jennifer Renee Fahrney, 39, and Richard Allen Turner, 56, both of Rock Springs, face dozens of felony charges after their arrest on October 22. 

Fahrney garnered 66 felony counts and faces up to 858 years in prison, according to Cowboy State Daily. An affidavit filed claimed that she brought the teenage girl into sex acts with her boyfriend over multiple months. 

They were arrested by Rock Springs Police Department at a Pilot Butte Avenue home after a warrant was issued for a child welfare check. The police and Family Services had visited the home prior and was denied entry, according to a police statement. 

Officers found animal urine and feces throughout the property, exposed wires, minimal food, drugs, and ‘extreme filth’ in the home, alongside three minor children. 

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Four adults – including Fahrney and Turner – were arrested. 

The victim, a female, told Detective Jennifer Saloga that someone had helped her inject meth into her arm as she didn’t know how to do it herself. She also admitted to having sex with Turner, according to Cowboy State Daily. 

The girl did not tell police who injected the drug into her, but allegedly admitted Turner had performed sexual acts on her multiple times. 

Jennifer Renee Fahrney, 39, (pictured) and Richard Allen Turner, 56, both of Rock Springs, face dozens of felony charges after their arrest on October 22. Fahrney garnered 66 felony counts and faces up to 858 years in prison

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The female victim told detectives she had sex with Turner (pictured) multiple times. Fahrney allegedly arranged for them to have sex with the minor on numerous occasions over a year. The victim also said someone injected her with meth, but didn’t say who

Fahrney allegedly arranged sex acts between the girl and them for more than a year, according to an affidavit. She also watched Turner and the girl have sex. 

Police found Fahrney arranging the sexual encounters with a contact on her phone labeled: ‘My Biggest Mistake.’ Through the contact, the suspect was trying to arrange the girl to have sex with various people, according to Cowboy State Daily. 

Saloga also found pornography on Turner’s phone, the affidavit alleged. 

More than 50 of Fahrney’s charges deal with sex crimes against a child, while nine involve exposing that child to drugs. 

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Turner – who had an outstanding warrant for failure to register as a sex offender – has two cases, pending in two different courts. One of his cases have been up to the felony level, while he is expected to be arraigned in the other on January 27. 

His case in Sweetwater County case, he faces 13 counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Each of those can be punished as a sex offense, which carries a life sentence. 

He is also accused of giving minors drugs and sex abuse on three occasions each, which holds 20 and 10 years in prison for each offense, respectively.

In a second case, he faces 24 counts of child pornography, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for each offense.  

The Department of Interior provided $62.4 million for the purchase and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation raised the remaining $37.6 million through private donations.

A portion of land within Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park has been sold to the federal government, which will prohibit private development.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon certified the sale of the state’s so-called Kelly Parcel to the U.S. Department of Interior for $100 million on Friday. Gordon has previously indicated his desire to use the proceeds to buy other federal lands and minerals within Wyoming, according to a news release. The $100 million could be combined with an additional $62 million from the sale of other parcels in Teton County, Wyoming, for that purpose.

The Department of Interior, through the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, footed $62.4 million of the total price. The Grand Teton National Park Foundation, through private funding, raised the additional $37.6 million needed for the purchase, according to a Grand Teton National Park Foundation news release.

“Along with the protection of an iconic parcel of land, we now begin working to ensure that there is no net-gain in federal lands in Wyoming,” Gordon said in a statement. “It has been my goal to utilize the proceeds of this sale to expand the state’s portfolio of lands and minerals, and this is the first step towards doing so.”

The private funding was led by two anonymous families, in addition to the National Park Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Jackson Hole Hand Trust and nearly 400 donors from 46 states, who gave between $10 to $15 million, according to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation.

Here’s what you need to know.

Governor’s move comes with a note of criticism

Despite the finalization, Gordon has also leveled criticism at the Bureau of Land Management, operated by the Department of Interior, for its handling of the sale. In a news release, Gordon claimed that the federal government, especially under the Biden-Harris Administration, has dragged its feet with the sale, despite the desires of Wyoming residents.

“With President Trump in office, former Gov. Burgum at the head of the Department of the Interior, and a Republican Senate and House, I am confident that we will have the ability to finish the job and right a course that has been so far off track over the last four years,” Gordon said in a news release. Doug Burgum is the former governor of North Dakota and was recently named by Trump to lead the Department of Interior.

The Bureau of Land Management did not immediately respond for comment about the Kelly Parcel purchase when contacted by USA TODAY on Tuesday.

Years in the making

The finalized sale follows years of conversations about the Kelly Parcel. Most recently, the Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners, which Gordon sits on, approved the sale in November.

Over the past 12 years, the Board of Land Commissioners has disposed three parcels of land near Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. Department of Labor. These sales, which occurred between 2012 and 2016, accrued $62 million. The board is permitted, under state law, to utilize this funding to acquire other federal lands.

As for the Kelly Parcel specifically, there had been discussions in the past of opening up the land for public auction, which would have allowed private developers to buy it.

What is the Kelly Parcel?

Located within Grand Teton National Park, the Kelly Parcel stretches 640 acres through the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It has been owned by the state of Wyoming since the state’s establishment, but it’s only been a part of the national park since 1950.

The Kelly Parcel is a state trust land, which means that assets from the land generate income for Wyoming public schools, as stated in the state’s constitution. The parcel, according to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, currently obtained about $2,800 annual through various permits.

The sale of the Kelly Parcel will return approximately $69.6 million into Wyoming’s Common School Permanent Fund within the first 10 years, according to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation.

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The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office recently recognized a six-year-old boy, Mason Rasmussen, for courage and quick thinking in taking action to help save his grandmother’s life.

That’s according to a post on the agency’s website.

The Boy Woke Up And Found His Grandmother On The Floor

Accroding to the post, on the morning of December 19, Mason woke up to his grandmother’s alarm and started getting ready for school. He walked into his grandmother’s room and noticed she was on the floor, unresponsive. The boy then dressed and went to school. The first chance he had he told a teacher about what he had seen.

Thanks to his actions, first responders arrived on the scene to save the life of his diabetic grandmother, Kimberly Gibson.

His actions were recognized by deputies on Friday morning with a special ceremony to honor his actions.

ords of the post ”To celebrate Mason’s bravery and ability to remain calm under pr’essure, our deputies visited him at his grandmother’s house to show our appreciation. We showered Mason with an official hero’s bravery certificate and some sheriff’s office goodies and praised him for doing the right thing: seeking help from a responsible adult.”

The post calls Mason ”a true hero.”