GREYBULL (WNE) — A Basin man was sentenced to four to eight years in prison last month after pleading no contest to felony charges stemming from a confrontation with a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife.

Catarino Zapata entered the no contest plea Aug. 31 in Fifth Judicial District Court to charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent. 

Court documents detail how, on June 28, 2021, Zapata invited a man to join him for some shooting in Big Horn County. 

When the man asked if he could take a rifle, Zapata told him, "No, just me, you and my gun." 

The questioning began when they reached their destination in the hills. Armed with his handgun, which by this point was loaded, Zapata asked the victim if he was having a physical relationship with his wife. 

The victim told authorities Zapata directed him to place his palm on the end of the barrel of the pistol, which was aimed at his feet.

In response, the man denied having an affair with Zapata’s wife, saying they were "just friends." Lowering the gun, Zapata said he believed the man and told him to get back into the vehicle. The two then returned to Basin.