Ooops! I wonder how many people are out there with this very issue hanging over their heads...unknowingly wanted by the law simply because LEO's were dirt lazy and didn't do their 'Due Diligence'?
This sort of thing has the potential to end tragically.
www.the-independent.com
A mom-of-four received a shock when she discovered she had been wrongly indicted for drug offenses in 2023 and was facing a 35-year jail term.
Gabriela Olds,42, was scrolling the internet in 2024, searching for jobs, when her friend had suggested she Google her name to see what prospective employers could find out about her online.
Instead of links to her social media profiles, she stumbled upon a video of a press conference from 2023, where her name and driver's license were displayed by Colorado’s Adams County district attorney Brian Mason, along with over 20 defendants accused of co-conspiring with a Mexican drug cartel to distribute fentanyl, reports KHOU 11.
“I felt like I was out of my body looking in. I've never been in trouble with the law before. I've never gotten a speeding ticket.
“I was just in complete shock,” she told the outlet.
The mom was listed as one of nine criminal defendants indicted by a grand jury for drug offenses, and the active warrant for her arrest had her down for a $50,000 cash-only bond, reports WSAZ.
Olds is now demanding accountability. Her lawyer says investigators linked her old telephone number to one of the real suspects in the case, despite Olds’s not having used the number for over a decade before the indictment.
The mom also relocated to Houston, Texas, with her family in 2021, despite the indictment suggesting she’d been involved with the illegal drug operation after she’d left Colorado.
Her lawyer, Ashley White, alleges that authorities “cut corners” in the investigation at the expense of her identity, which they plastered across the media, resulting in her name and photo being tainted online.
White also believes that the North Metro Task Force ran surveillance on a woman using the number when they mistook her for Olds.
“They’re supposed to be thorough. They’re supposed to be accurate. We, as the public, are supposed to be able to rely on them and trust their investigations and trust the system. In this case, that didn’t happen,” White said.
She claims she never received a formal apology from the prosecutors after spending thousands of dollars to get her life back.
Old’s was confirmed as no longer having a criminal record by the Adams County district attorney’s office, but they refused to comment on the issue to WSAZ.
This sort of thing has the potential to end tragically.
Mom Googled herself, then discovered she was wrongly indicted for drug offenses
‘I felt like I was out of my body looking in,’ said Gabriela Olds, who was facing a 35-year jail term for an erroneous indictment
www.the-independent.com
A mom-of-four received a shock when she discovered she had been wrongly indicted for drug offenses in 2023 and was facing a 35-year jail term.
Gabriela Olds,42, was scrolling the internet in 2024, searching for jobs, when her friend had suggested she Google her name to see what prospective employers could find out about her online.
Instead of links to her social media profiles, she stumbled upon a video of a press conference from 2023, where her name and driver's license were displayed by Colorado’s Adams County district attorney Brian Mason, along with over 20 defendants accused of co-conspiring with a Mexican drug cartel to distribute fentanyl, reports KHOU 11.
“I felt like I was out of my body looking in. I've never been in trouble with the law before. I've never gotten a speeding ticket.
“I was just in complete shock,” she told the outlet.
The mom was listed as one of nine criminal defendants indicted by a grand jury for drug offenses, and the active warrant for her arrest had her down for a $50,000 cash-only bond, reports WSAZ.
Olds is now demanding accountability. Her lawyer says investigators linked her old telephone number to one of the real suspects in the case, despite Olds’s not having used the number for over a decade before the indictment.
The mom also relocated to Houston, Texas, with her family in 2021, despite the indictment suggesting she’d been involved with the illegal drug operation after she’d left Colorado.
Her lawyer, Ashley White, alleges that authorities “cut corners” in the investigation at the expense of her identity, which they plastered across the media, resulting in her name and photo being tainted online.
White also believes that the North Metro Task Force ran surveillance on a woman using the number when they mistook her for Olds.
“They’re supposed to be thorough. They’re supposed to be accurate. We, as the public, are supposed to be able to rely on them and trust their investigations and trust the system. In this case, that didn’t happen,” White said.
She claims she never received a formal apology from the prosecutors after spending thousands of dollars to get her life back.
Old’s was confirmed as no longer having a criminal record by the Adams County district attorney’s office, but they refused to comment on the issue to WSAZ.
