Police arrest man known for harassing people at Cheyenne businesses

CHEYENNE — Laramie County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 42-year-old man known locally for harassing and “hexing” business owners on June 20 for trespassing.

On the day of Joshua Hayden-Ali’s arrest, Deputy Aaron Veldheer responded to a disturbance in progress at the Safeway supermarket at 700 South Greeley Highway. The description of the man matched that of Hayden-Ali.

Veldheer spoke with the woman who said Hayden-Ali had been threatening her. She told Veldheer that Hayden-Ali had been threatening to kill her and her family because he believed her to be the person that got him banned from the store.

After canvassing the area, Veldheer was unable to locate Hayden-Ali.

“Hayden-Ali is well known to peace officers in Laramie County,” according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in circuit court. “He frequently walks around governmental buildings with a large staff or walking stick, including the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office. At times, he will act like the staff is a rifle and simulate shooting people walking or in vehicles.”

Sheriff’s office and Cheyenne Police Department records confirmed that Hayden-Ali had been contacted by CPD for breaching the peace and trespassing.

He has been issued several warnings and was cited in Cheyenne Municipal Court after being charged as a suspicious person in May. He has nine criminal trespassing warnings within the city of Cheyenne and an additional nine warnings on South Greeley Highway between Interstate 80 and College Drive. He also has four convictions for breach of peace, a protection order, family violence protection order and violations of city of Cheyenne municipal ordinances.

Another deputy eventually found Hayden-Ali and took him into custody on charges of criminal trespass and breach of peace.

Hayden-Ali has been issued a criminal trespassing warning by the sheriff’s office. The warning is valid from Sept. 18, 2021, to Sept. 16, 2031.

He was out on bond as of June 21 and “must not be arrested or cited for any violation of the law other than minor traffic offenses,” according to the bond order, which was cited in the affidavit of probable cause.