Letter to the Editor in Response to “Eric Snow FBI Probe”

As Eric Snow’s wife, campaign manager, and a Teton County resident of five years who has birthed and raised children here, I thought I’d share my thoughts regarding the front page FBI to probe Teton County deputy story last week.

If the reporter who wrote the story covers public safety and has worked in the area for 20 years, surely they are aware that members of Teton County law enforcement agencies are prohibited from responding to the media on any matter related to their duties?

Snow has not responded to repeated News&Guide phone calls, emails and social media messages for comment, because if Snow were to speak to JHN&G about this story, it would provide grounds for Sheriff Carr to terminate his position for breach of employment contract.

Our family would then be left with our household breadwinner unemployed and without health insurance, while his wife goes through cancer treatment, and raises three children while running his campaign for Teton County Sheriff. Eric has been put in a position where he must choose between preserving his reputation, and looking after his family. Of course, he chose the latter.

Which means that the “Eric Snow FBI story” is wholly one-sided; informed entirely by the arrestee, and Eric’s political opponent and incumbent sheriff, Matt Carr.

The story treats an FBI referral as a verdict, when in fact, a referral doesn’t even guarantee that the FBI will accept the case. A referral is not a finding, and a dismissed charge is not a “conviction” of my husband. Those are different things, and collapsing them into a “wrongful arrest” story with a closing promo for the sheriff is not journalism – it’s a political hit piece.

The arrestee’s father “wished Carr good luck in the election and joked that perhaps the $500 could come out of the arresting officer’s paycheck”. He also “accepted the offer to reimburse the family and thanked Carr for taking responsibility”.

This is a politically motivated hit piece against a current patrol deputy, who is working graveyard shifts while exercising his Constitutional right to run for public office, looking after his family and keeping his community safe while they sleep at night, only to be hung out to dry by the local media for doing his job.

It’s not the first time it has happened – a November 2025 front page story insinuated that Eric was “racially profiling” Ravinder Ravinder, the driver of an overweight truck who he observed speeding down Teton Pass with smoking brakes. Or the incident with Carlos Ignacio Obando Parra, who Eric pulled over for doing almost double the speed limit on Highway 22.

Imagine if it was your family member who had crossed paths with Ethan McIntyre at 1.30am that night. Or who by unfortunate circumstance, was struck by Ravinder or Obando Parra when they were driving uncontrollably and at high speeds on county roads. You might have wished there had been a dedicated night patrol deputy there to intervene.