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Auto burglary suspect extradited from Neb.
By Sarah Lison, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
February 6, 2010
The second suspect in an auto burglary near Hoback Junction appeared Friday in 9th Circuit Court after being
extradited from Nebraska.
Joseph J. Scheller, 23, of Jackson, was arrested Jan. 27 by Nebraska Highway Patrol on a warrant for felony burglary
and felony conspiracy to commit burglary. He arrived Thursday at the Teton County Jail, where he is being held on a
$10,000 cash or bail bond.
Prosecutor Melissa Owens asked for a higher bond, saying Scheller could face additional charges in connection with
the recent rash of auto burglaries in Jackson Hole.
“We suspect he was out there doing several others,” Owens said.
Owens also said Scheller is a flight risk because he was arrested in Nebraska after fleeing Wyoming with the intent to
evade the charges.
Scheller said he wasn’t running from law enforcement and instead was headed “down South” to help is sister, who has a
baby in the hospital and is losing her home.
“I was traveling down there to help her,” he said.
Scheller did not enter a plea Friday, and Judge Timothy C. Day provisionally appointed a public defender to work on his
case. If convicted, Scheller could face up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines on each charge.
Scheller is accused of driving to the Hoback area Jan. 10 with Kevin Petersen, 20, and trying the handles on about 12
vehicles. The men entered an unlocked Subaru and took $6 to $10 in loose change, court records say.
Petersen appeared in 9th Circuit Court on Jan. 22 on felony burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary charges in the
Hoback case.
Petersen also is facing a second felony charge in connection with an auto burglary on South Highway 89. He’s being
held on a $25,000 cash or bail bond.
Petersen has not yet entered a plea, but he has a probation revocation hearing scheduled for Monday in 9th District
Court. Petersen was placed on five years of supervised probation after pleading guilty in September to entering an
unlocked vehicle in Wilson on Dec. 15, 2008, and stealing items.
If convicted of the new charges, Petersen could face up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines on each count.