Sidney woman appears in court on local burglary charges

A 36-year-old Sidney woman appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Wednesday for a status hearing on charges of conducting a string of residential burglaries throughout Sidney and surrounding communities.

Mindy Richmond is charged with six counts of burglary. However, law enforcement officials have said she may be connected to more than 100 burglaries in Cheyenne County within the past two years.

"A list of over 70 residences were identified as targets in the burglaries just in the Sidney city limits," a Sidney Police Department release issued last month stated. "Many locations were identified as...