City: Denver

  • Shelbi Wolken, Poisoned Patients with Opioid Substitute, Denver CO,…

    Shelbi Wolken, Poisoned Patients with Opioid Substitute, Denver CO,…

    A Denver hospital case manager systematically swapped opioid painkillers for over-the-counter allergy medication, leaving 127 patients vulnerable and in needless suffering. Shelbi Wolken, 35, confessed in federal court to a brazen scheme that stretched for seven months, exploiting a position of trust to fuel a personal addiction. The fallout could have been deadly, and the…