Colorado woman gets 18 months for tampering with meds

DENVER, Colo. (KREX) – A Wheat Ridge woman was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product.

Shelbi Wolken, 35, stole oxycodone prescriptions intended for hospital patients and replaced them with allergy and over-the-counter pain medications.

Wolken committed the offenses while employed as a case management coordinator for Intermountain Health. In that role, she used her position to access electronic medical records and patients’ personal identifying information to execute the scheme…

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