State: Colorado
Shelbi Wolken, Administered Fentanyl, Colorado 2023
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…
Carie Hallford, Body Decomposition Scheme, California 2023
Colorado Springs families entrusted the Hallfords with their loved ones’ final arrangements. Instead, they received a betrayal of unimaginable cruelty. Carie Hallford, 49, will spend the next 18 years – 216 months – in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that left nearly 200 bodies to decompose in squalor while she and her…
Jasmine Dakota Beverly, Sex Trafficking, California 2022
Three arrested for running a sex trafficking operation that exploited teenage girls at a Redlands massage parlor. Learn the shocking details here.
Rico Tomas Garcia, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Colorado 2023
A Colorado man is staring down serious prison time after a federal jury convicted him of a brazen $2.4 million fraud scheme that exploited the desperate need for hand sanitizer at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rico Tomas Garcia, 51, of Castle Rock, didn’t deliver a single bottle of the promised disinfectant, instead diverting…
Michael Hendren, Online Child Exploitation, Idaho 2024
A Lewiston, Idaho man is facing a decade and a half behind bars after federal investigators caught him attempting to exploit children online. Michael Hendren, 35, received a crushing 180-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford in Coeur d’Alene this week, a penalty reflecting the severity of his predatory behavior. Hendren wasn’t a…
