CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of operating an unregistered airplane in a case stemming from police seizure of over $250,000 cash from a Cody hotel room two years ago.
Scott Michael Lewis of Englewood, Colorado, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson in Cheyenne. The agreement calls for prosecutors to drop another charge of conspiracy to operate an unregistered aircraft.
The 27-year-old Lewis faces up to 3 years in prison at his June sentencing.
Co-defendant Gilbert Wayne Wiles, Jr. of Denver is set to stand trial on Monday in Cheyenne.
Prosecutors are pressing a separate civil case seeking to forfeit the cash and plane alleging they were involved in the illegal drug trade even though prosecutors never filed criminal drug charges.
