RELIANCE – Deputies following up on a call from an alert neighbor arrested two burglary suspects inside a garage in Reliance early Thursday morning.
Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said Corporal Mike Picerno and Deputy Sheriff Cody Henley responded at about midnight on Thursday to a call from a Reliance resident who had spotted someone with a flashlight inside the garage of a neighbor he knew to be away.
The county officers observed that the garage’s door was partly open and had a top panel missing. Through the opening two men could be seen; one kneeling near a work bench and the other attempting to hide beneath a couch. Both were ordered out of the garage and taken into custody.
Haskell identified the men as Timothy Raymond Holmstrom, 44, of Reliance, and 32-year-old William John Wilson of Rock Springs. Both have been charged with alleged Burglary and Conspiracy to Commit Burglary.
In Circuit Court on Thursday, Holmstrom’s bond was set at $7,500 cash or surety. Bond has yet to be set on Wilson. Both remain in custody at the Sweetwater County Detention Center.
Burglary and Conspiracy to Commit Burglary each carry a maximum possible penalty of 10 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.
