{"id":1312439,"date":"2019-07-15T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=983995"},"modified":"2019-07-15T16:39:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:39:29","slug":"glenwood-prosecutor-wins-award-for-welfare-fraud-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-prosecutor-wins-award-for-welfare-fraud-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood prosecutor wins award for welfare fraud trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/02\/PI-Garfield-county-news.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/02\/PI-Garfield-county-news.png 560w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/02\/PI-Garfield-county-news-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Glenwood Springs native Zachary Parsons was recently awarded the 2019 State of Colorado Welfare Fraud Council Prosecutor of the Year for his work with the 9<sup>th<\/sup> District Attorney\u2019s Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from the DA\u2019s Office, Parsons received the award for his work on a complex Medicaid fraud prosecution case, in which a jury found the accused guilty of theft between $20,000 and $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Garfield County Department of Human Services nominated Parsons for the award, noting his diligence and close working relationship with fraud investigators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParsons and the Department of Human Services investigator\u2019s excellent teamwork leading up to and during a five-day jury trial resulted in successful prosecution of the crimes of theft of limited and valuable hard-earned tax payer funds,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is a deputy district attorney in District Court for the 9<sup>th<\/sup> Judicial District. He grew up in Glenwood Springs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParsons is an integral member of the District Attorney\u2019s Office and a valuable member of our local community as a volunteer coach for the Glenwood Spring High School\u2019s Mock Trial Team, and a local rafter,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Welfare Fraud Council is a nonprofit organization of public employees that works to detect and prevent fraud in public assistance programs.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/glenwood-prosecutor-wins-award-for-welfare-fraud-trial\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenwood Springs native Zachary Parsons was recently awarded the 2019 State of Colorado Welfare Fraud Council Prosecutor of the Year for his work with the 9th District Attorney\u2019s Office.&nbsp; According to a press release from the DA\u2019s Office, Parsons received the award for his work on a complex Medicaid fraud prosecution case, in which a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 18:46:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}