July 2024

Jail was too trusting of private eyes, says deputy

Weld County jail authorities say they were too “trusting” of professionals entering their facility, a fault which allowed a private investigator to allegedly bring in drugs.

Captain Matt Turner of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and drug task force investigators began their investigation into Laura Tellers after an increase of drug activity and overdoses in ...

PI firm helps Colorado woman caught in crypto scam

A Colorado woman hired a private investigator after she lost more than $150,000 to an Instagram cryptocurrency scammer.

New documents filed in Colorado’s U.S. District Court describe how Secret Service agents froze an account – located by the private investigator — that contained some of the stolen money.

The woman first reported the scam to ...

Lawyer furious at delay in PI drug trial

The trial of Laura Tellers – a private eye accused of smuggling drugs into a Colorado jail – has been postponed for six months, leaving her lawyer furious.

Defense attorney Lee Christian says the longer the case drags on, the longer Tellers will be out of work. “Ms. Tellers is not guilty, and she’s starving to death ...

New scam uses fake process servers to steal identities

It’s a new take on an old scam: You receive a call, or several calls, from an unknown or blocked number, with a person claiming you owe someone money.

Only this time, it’s not a fake debt collector, or a police officer saying they have a warrant for your arrests. Instead, it’s a phony process server with ...