ROCK SPRINGS — A Utah man faces two felony counts of aggravated assault and battery stemming from a confrontation at a Rock Springs hotel.

Matthew James Aulbach, 45, was released from the Sweetwater County Detention Center after posting a $75,000 cash or surety bond Sept. 10. Each count carries a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years and a possible fine of not more than $10,000.

According to court documents, Rock Springs Police Department officers were dispatched to the Outlaw Inn Sept. 9 regarding a weapons offense. Officers made contact with four witnesses at the hotel. According to two of them, they were outside their room when a man they later identified as Aulbach walked out of his room and told the two they needed to shut up and go to bed. They alleged Aulbach had a gun in hi

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