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It damaged only one power pole and some power lines but at one point it threatened two homes and the Shoshone Water Treatment Plant. Man assists in arrest, joins chase. CHEYENNE — A motorist helped arrest a suspect after joining the pursuit and then failing to stop in time to avoid crashing into the door of a deputy’s vehicle. Marvin Soul, 56, will not face charges for his efforts to assist Laramie County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Yocum, who was alone in his pursuit of a speeding Dodge Durango that appeared to have intentionally sideswiped a stopped vehicle. Linda Gesell said that’s when Soul joined the high-speed pursuit, which is never encouraged. The pursued vehicle eventually slid off the road and an 18-year-old Hillsdale man exited. Yocum opened his car door and was met with Soul’s GMC 3500. Trooper Gabriel Testerman says Yocum arrested the suspect with Soul’s help. Rangers rescue man who fell 200 feet. JACKSON — A 200-foot fall knocked out a Moran man who was descending the Middle Teton, triggering a search and rescue operation by Grand Teton National Park rangers. Justin Bodrero, 21, was climbing down from the summit of the 12,804-foot peak Saturday when he slid about 100 feet on a snowfield and another 100 feet through a boulder field. Source: www.gillettenewsrecord.com