TORRINGTON – The Honorable Nathaniel S. Hibben called the Cricut Court of the Eighth Judicial District to order at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 in the matter of the State of Wyoming vs. Tyger Rodriguez. 

Rodriguez is currently facing two counts of aggravated assault, from two separate incidents in February where, according to the probable cause affidavit, Rodriguez threatened his sister, Tayte, with a machete and later hit Christopher “Bo” Duncan in the back of the head with a hammer.

Deputy prosecuting attorney, Kenneth Brown, represented the state and Edward Risha represented the defendant. Brown and Risha agreed to argue both charges of aggravated assault and battery with a deadly weapon, criminal docket numbers 2025-0016 and 2025-0015, with back-to-back preliminary hearings.

In order to provide Hibben with enough evidence to suggest a crime, involving Rodriguez, was committed, essentially deciding whether probable cause existed to proceed with trial, Brown began by questioning the state’s first witness, Goshen County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Christopher Green. 

Brown walked Green through the probable cause affidavit filed in docket number 2025-0016, State of Wyoming vs. Tyger Rodriguez and after establishing Green was in fact employed as a sheriff’s deputy in Goshen County on February 14, 2025, Brown asked Green to explain the nature of the dispatch call.

Green explained he had been dispatched to Connely Avenue in Lingle at 12:25 a.m. on February 14.

“The call was that Tyger Rodriguez was at [redacted] Connely and he was acting crazy, busting out the windows in a car and threatening his sister with a machete,” Green testified. 

After further questioning, Green stated the call had come from dispatch. Green also testified he could not remember if the initial dispatch call mentioned if Rodriguez had a weapon or not. 

“We first looked for Tyger and the vehicle. And he was nowhere to be found,” Green testified when asked what his actions where when he first arrived on the scene. 

After arriving on scene and being unable to locate Rodriguez, Green testified he responded to the reporting party’s (RP) location. Green noted the call to dispatch was from Marcia Schilreff, Rodriguez’s grandmother. Green indicated Schilreff lived on the west side of Lingle and Connley Street was on the east side of town.

“When you met with her (Schilreff), what did she tell you?” Brown asked.

“I just asked her if Tyger had been at her location. If he had come there and threatened her or did anything to hurt her and she said ‘No,’” Green testified. 

“Did she characterize how he had been acting?” Brown asked.

“Objection, Your Honor,” Risha said. “I believe the witness said he hadn’t seen her, the reporting party. So, I don’t know how she can say he was acting crazy if she said she hadn’t seen him.” 

Hibben overruled the objection and suggested Risha bring up the point in the cross-examination of Green. 

“So, you stated that she (Schilreff) had not had contact with the defendant, Mr. Rodriguez? Right?” Brown asked Green, redirecting his questioning. 

“Right,” Green remarked. 

“But she told you that he was threatening and crazy? Is that right?” Brown asked the witness.

“Right,” Green said.

“How did she know?” Brown asked.

“Because she was on the phone with Tayte and she was the RP and Tayte, I would assume, must have told Marcia that’s what was happening,” Green said.

During Green’s testimony, he noted he interviewed Tayte and she indicated Rodriguez had swung a machete at her after the siblings had argued about Rodriguez being loud. In his testimony, Green further explained Tayte had to dodge the swinging blade as it barely missed Tayte’s neck region. Green further noted he could see a cut mark in the metal siding of Tayte’s house where Rodriguez had swung the machete as Tatye entered the home.

In cross-examination, Risha took Green back to the scene on Connely Avenue. 

“So, you had the report and then you went to [redacted] Connely Avenue? Risha asked Green. 

“Correct,” Green testified. 

“Then you went over to grandma’s house, which is not within sight distance,” Risha said.

“No, it’s not,” Green remarked. 

“And talked with her. Then you went back to [redacted] Connely. Correct?” Risha asked. 

“Correct,” Green said. 

“The second time you were there is when you spoke with Tayte Rodriguez,” Risha said.

“Yes,” Green testified. 

“During that conversation, Tayte told you she didn’t want to press charges, correct?” Risha asked. 

“Yes,” Green testified.

“And she told you she wasn’t afraid of Tyger,” Risha said.

“I don’t recall her saying that,” Green said. 

Testimony continued until Hibben ruled, sending the case to district court. 

In another similar hearing, moments later, Hibben also bound over docket number 2025-0016, State of Wyoming vs. Tyger Rodriguez, where Rodriguez stands accused of hitting a Torrington man in the head with a hammer.