A Campbell County jury has found Evan Haywood guilty of stalking his ex-girlfriend and violating a protection order, capping a case that stretched from a Gillette hotel to a Denver hotel where police had to escort him off the property. Haywood, who dated the woman for four years and shares a one-year-old daughter with her, is scheduled to be sentenced on November 10.
According to the Gillette News Record, Haywood was tried before District Judge Michael McGrady on charges that he stalked his ex-girlfriend at hotels in both Denver and Gillette. Prosecutors told jurors Haywood left the woman more than 40 voicemails before she blocked his number, and he also contacted her friends and ex-husband. The woman’s protection order application was granted on December 18, 2025, and Haywood was released from jail the following day, the paper reports.
Under Wyoming Statute § 6-2-506, stalking is ordinarily a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison, but it escalates to a felony carrying up to 10 years behind bars when committed in violation of a protective order, according to FindLaw. That statutory mechanism is what elevated Haywood’s case to felony status once the protection order was in place.
A Pattern That Crossed State Lines
The News Record’s account describes a string of incidents that began well before the trial. The woman reported that someone slashed one of her car tires on January 4, 2026, and she suspected Haywood was responsible. Days later, a DoorDash delivery arrived at her home containing a box of chocolates sent by someone identifying himself only as “daddy,” which she later identified as Haywood…