Legislator will be subject to alcohol testing after DUI charge
BUFFALO — Rep. William Allemand, R-Midwest, will remain subject to randomized alcohol testing as a bond condition for his recent DUI charge after a bond-modification request was denied in Johnson County Circuit Court.
Allemand pleaded not guilty and awaits a jury trial set for May 1.
At a bond-modification hearing on Jan. 28, Allemand’s attorney, R. Michael Vang, argued that testing as a bond condition for a person without a prior drug- or alcohol-related criminal history is unreasonable and violates the Wyoming Constitution. While Vang argued that the testing requirement should be removed entirely, he said that if Allemand must undergo random testing, he asked that it not be required during the upcoming Legislative session from Feb. 8 through March 22.
Allemand’s bond requires that he be subject to low-level alcohol testing, in this case meaning one random test per month.
“My position is that my client shouldn’t have that at all,” Vang said.
Allemand was arrested in December following a Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately report alleging that a vehicle was driving rumble strip to rumble strip along Interstate 25, according to court documents.
The arresting officer, Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Campbell, reported in the probable cause affidavit that he found the vehicle that likely inspired the report almost causing an accident before pulling into a gas station, where Campbell initiated a traffic stop.
In the affidavit, Campbell described the driver, later identified as Allemand, as having unsteady footing and slow, slurred speech when he exited the vehicle.
The officer reported that Allemand admitted to having drunk two beers 15 minutes before driving, and that Allemand said that “he drinks while driving for anxiety.”
The officer found one open can of beer in the cupholder and four unopened cans of beer in the passenger seat of the vehicle.
Campbell reported in the affidavit that he attempted to conduct a field sobriety test with Allemand’s permission, but that Allemand lost his balance several times and almost fell.
“At this time, I stopped the test due to safety concerns for the driver,” Campbell wrote.
Law enforcement later collected a blood sample through a warrant from 4th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Jeremy Kislinger. Though the lab results were not filed in court yet, Stensaas said during the hearing that the lab results from blood drawn from Allemand two hours after his arrest showed three times over the legal limit at a BAC of 0.24.
Allemand was later released on a $750 bond, and on Jan. 21, his defense submitted a motion to amend his bond to pause random alcohol testing during the Legislative session.
Deputy Johnson County and Prosecuting Attorney Joshua Stensaas said during the hearing that not only is the testing common practice but that it is justified considering that drinking and driving is a public safety concern.
“I know lots of judges who order testing on DUIs. It is standard practice,” Stensaas said. “... We apply this equally to anybody who is here on a DUI. I don’t care if you’re in the Legislature or (you’re) waiting tables.”
Stensaas said that he takes issue with the fact that Allemand admitted to the officer who pulled him over that he has “a bit of a problem,” and drinks while driving, based on the affidavit.
Vang said that “criminal testing stinks in Wyoming,” and argued that if Allemand’s BAC was actually 0.24, he would have been in a coma.
He further argued that the bond requirement goes against the legal philosophy of “innocent until proven guilty.”
Allemand pleaded not guilty to his charge.
During the hearing, Stensaas confirmed that he could not find any other drug- or alcohol-related criminal history in Allemand’s past, and the only previous incidents he could find were a diversion for domestic violence in 2001 out of Kansas, and a violation of a protection order in 2010, also in Kansas.
Kislinger denied Allemand’s motion, saying that while he won’t punish Allemand and make the testing requirement more stringent, his concerns for public safety are why he will not modify the current testing requirement.
Allemand has represented House District 58, in Natrona County, since 2023, and is a member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus.
This story was published on Feb. 5, 2026.