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Instagram used to find hit-and-run snowboarder

A photo of the snowboarder taken by a passerby immediately after the accident at Aspen

A private investigator used social media to identify a hit-and-run snowboarder who last winter plowed into an Aspen skier, leaving her seriously injured.

According to a lawsuit filed in Pitkin County District Court, after the snowboarder slammed into Anne Cassidy, a mother ...

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 ...

Court to decide if police can charge the public to release body camera footage

Boulder Police Department tried to charge a media organization $1,000 a minute for body-cam footage

Police body camera footage that involves a complaint against a peace officer must be released to the public within 21 days of a request, according to a 2020 Colorado law. But the question of whether a police department can charge for the ...

Family hire private investigator to help find missing mother

Missing mother Kaysey Yoder (left) with her longtime friend Anne Green

A desperate Weld County family has hired a private investigator to help locate missing mother of four, Kaysey Yoder, who hasn’t been seen since January.

After trying everything they could to find Yoder, the family turned to Loveland-based PI Eryn Martinez to try and bring their ...

Lawyers worry about client rights after investigator is charged

Kari Jones Dulin, president of the Colorado Trial Lawyer Association (CTLA), says the rights of defendants must be respected

Kari Jones Dulin, president of the Colorado Trial Lawyer Association (CTLA), says the rights of defendants must be respected, following news a Colorado private investigator was charged with drug crimes – which her lawyer vehemently denies – after interviewing a ...

Colorado PI conference scheduled for September

The Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC) will hold its annual conference in Westminster in September.

The 2024 Rocky Mountain Investigators Conference will showcase presenters including Kelly Riddle, Ellis Armistead, Don Redl, Casey Paison, Rachel Roberts, JP Moore, Toby Eborn and Kenneth Enneking.

The conference will be held at the Origin Hotel on September ...