Tag: Carie Hallford
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Colorado funeral home co-owner gets 20 years in prison on federal charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Shackled at the ankles and wrists, Jon Hallford — co-owner of the infamous Penrose Return to Nature Funeral home — appeared calm in federal court Friday morning as a Denver judge handed down a 20-year prison sentence, with three years of supervision, for one count…
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Nearly $1 billion judgment goes against Return to Nature Funeral Home, although largely symbolic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A class-action lawsuit against the Return to Nature Funeral Home resulted in a judgment of nearly $1 billion, an attorney representing the victims confirmed Monday. The funeral home about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs came under a multiagency investigation in October after reports of…
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Families upset after Return to Nature owners Jon and Carie Hallford offered plea deals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home have been offered a plea deal in their state-level case, according to an email sent to affected family members and acquired by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery…
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Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner granted house arrest
One of the owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home will spend her time awaiting the forthcoming jury trial at home. Carie Hallford was granted house arrest and a $10,000 conditional bond following an additional bond hearing held on Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Denver. While the co-owner of the Penrose funeral home…
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Return to Nature Funeral Home owners plead not guilty to federal charges
DENVER • Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than a dozen federal fraud charges stemming from the discovery of nearly 200 bodies decomposing inside a funeral home the couple operated in rural Penrose in October. The 15 federal counts pile atop 260 criminal charges at the…
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Former Return to Nature owner Jon Hallford accused of lying about stepchildren, ‘sexting’ stepdaughter
The former owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon Michael Hallford, is facing allegations that he lied to the court about his relationship to his stepchildren — and their whereabouts — in order to lower his bond from $2 million to $100,000 as he awaits trial on multiple felony charges related to the nearly…