Douglas County prosecutors had no basis to pursue charges of identity theft and unauthorized use of a financial device against a woman in New York whose conduct occurred entirely outside of Colorado, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday.
Erin Brennan and her children lived in New York and her ex-husband moved to Colorado after their divorce. In 2022, she proposed a budget for sending their children to summer camp, but her ex-husband balked at the expense. Months later, he noticed a charge in excess of $10,000 on his credit card statement. Brennan had authorized Camp Ramaquois in New York to charge a partial payment of camp expenses to the card, which was already on file from the prior year.
Brennan’s ex-husband reported the charge to law enforcement and prosecutors initiated criminal proceedings against Brennan. A jury convicted her in 2023 and she received a prison sentence of one year, which was suspended on the condition that she pay a fine and restitution and attend a victim empathy class…