A Powell man will wind up serving six months in jail for wandering into a couple of homes while under the influence of drugs in late 2023.

Across two separate sentences, 34-year-old Adam Lynn was ordered to serve a total of 176 days in jail and a year of unsupervised probation for six misdemeanor crimes. The offenses include criminal entry and possession and use of meth and marijuana.

Charging documents say that between Dec. 28 and 29, 2023, Lynn entered homes and garages around Powell’s Wood Street, including scaring a homeowner and her children. Though Lynn didn’t do anything menacing — he reportedly made vague requests for help — a prosecutor later remarked that it was fortunate he wasn’t shot.

He reportedly admitted to being under the influence of drugs during the incidents.

Lynn has had prior run-ins with the law, including a 2019 felony conviction for possession. However, at a June sentencing in Park County Circuit Court, he indicated he’s made changes in his life.

“I’m going to do everything I can to stay out of the courts this time,” Lynn said. “I’ve definitely had some life-changing experiences that have made my attitude 100% different than it has been in the past.”

Lynn suffered serious injuries during a January altercation in Cody, including multiple broken bones in his face. His jaw was wired shut for weeks.

Lynn dropped out of contact with his defense attorney after the incident and then failed to show up for a court hearing in April. That led to him being re-arrested in early May, but he was later re-released on bond and reached plea deals in his pending cases.

At a Thursday hearing in Park County District Court, Lynn testified that his injuries have left him unable to work and that he’ll likely need continued care for at least another year.

Cody resident Michael “Ike” Hothan, 39, has been charged with a felony count of aggravated assault in connection with the altercation. Authorities allege the altercation started as a mutual fight between Lynn and Hothan, but that Hothan went too far. Witnesses told police Hothan kicked and stomped on Lynn’s head multiple times after the fight had ended.

Hothan has pleaded not guilty and is set to go to trial early next year. His defense attorney has said they plan to “present text messages from Adam Lynn admitting to being the aggressor in the dispute.”

Hothan is free on a $25,000 surety bond. He was also in the Park County District Courtroom on Thursday, appearing alongside his bondsman, Boone Tidwell, for a pretrial conference. However, as the court moved from Hothan’s hearing to Lynn’s unrelated sentencing, Deputy Park County Attorney Larry Eichele called a brief sidebar with presiding Judge Bill Simpson and Lynn’s defense attorney, Sam Krone. 

When the parties returned to the courtroom, the judge told Hothan that he was all set and was “free to come and go as you wish.” When the defendant remained in his seat, Simpson added, “you know, Mr. Tidwell, if you don’t mind, at this point in time, really, there’s no need to have him [Hothan] here, if you don’t mind.”

Tidwell and Hothan then exited the courtroom and the court moved forward with sentencing Lynn, who appeared by phone.

The deal involved an initial felony charge — of possessing a small amount of drugs for a third or subsequent time — being reduced to a misdemeanor. Lynn then pleaded guilty to it and three other misdemeanors; he’d pleaded no contest to two additional misdemeanors in circuit court back in June.

At that earlier proceeding, Lynn thanked the court and everyone involved in his case for recognizing the medical issues he’d been facing and for working with him.

“You sound pretty sincere in terms of wanting to put all this behind you and to try to make your life better and I hope that works for you,” Circuit Court Judge Joey Darrah said then. “Sometimes I’m right about that, and sometimes I’m wrong, but I can hear it in your voice that … maybe there’s been a wake up call for you.”

Lynn has already served 146 days in jail. The plea agreement presented in District Court originally called for Lynn to serve an additional 60 days, but Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric reportedly indicated that the arrangement seemed “harsh.”

“That doesn’t sit well coming from your boss,” deputy attorney Eichele said, so he lowered the figure to 30 days.

Krone said he’s hoping the Park County Detention Center will allow Lynn to be released for weekly doctor’s appointments during his upcoming stint in jail.