Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Goshen County, Wyoming, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Goshen County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Goshen County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Goshen County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Goshen County
The Goshen County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Goshen County. It reported 47 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Goshen County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Torrington, 6,211 residents: 185 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lingle, 398 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Goshen County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Torrington: 185 for 2025, 282 for 2024, 315 for 2023, 298 for 2022, 283 for 2021 and 342 for 2020.
- Goshen County Sheriff's Office: 47 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 49 for 2022, 72 for 2021 and 97 for 2020.
- Lingle: 1 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 2 for 2023 and 1 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 233 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 233 in 2025 against 313 in 2024, down 26 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 143 arrests, against 132 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Goshen County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Goshen County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 25 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 72 beds, and it ran at 35 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Goshen County Sheriff's Office at goshensheriff.gov (page title: Sheriff's Office | Goshen County, WY), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Wyoming Department of Corrections lists its inmates at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Goshen County
For Goshen County the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Goshen County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/1015, phone (307) 777-7826).
Wyoming does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Goshen County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the agency must answer within 30 days at most, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Goshen County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Torrington or Lingle: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Goshen County, through the court records page at wyocomet.wyo.gov, phone (307) 777-7826.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at goshensheriff.gov (page title: Coroner Public Records Request Form | Goshen County, WY).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Goshen County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Goshen County: Torrington and Lingle. LaGrange, Fort Laramie and Yoder have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the District Court for Goshen County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Goshen County each year?
Torrington reported 185 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 233 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Goshen County?
Ask the Goshen County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at goshensheriff.gov.
Where are people arrested in Goshen County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Goshen County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Goshen County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Goshen County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wyoming Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Goshen County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Goshen County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at goshensheriff.gov.
Is this the official Goshen County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.