2 men plead to charges in bull rider death

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Story Published: Sep 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM MST

Story Updated: Sep 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM MST

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court to drug charges in connection with the overdose deaths of a young professional bull rider and two others in Cheyenne last year.

Forty-six-year-old Vernon Violas Ellefson, Jr., of Cheyenne, and 33-year-old Juan Antonio Bustillo-Perez, of Denver, both pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in death. Each faces 20 years in prison when sentenced in November.

Federal prosecutors say Ellefson and Bustillo-Perez conspired with others to distribute the drugs that killed 21-year-old Cheyenne bull rider Bryan Guthrie in December and two others last summer.

Co-defendant Christopher Charles Tyson, of Cheyenne, faces trial on federal drug and firearm charges next week.

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