GOLDEN, Colo. (Jun. 23, 2026) – Today, Yvonne “Missy” Woods entered a guilty plea to four felony charges stemming from criminal conduct committed between 2008 and 2023, during her career as a Forensic Laboratory Scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Under the terms of the plea agreement, the parties stipulated to a mandatory Department of Corrections sentence ranging from eight to sixteen years.
Woods remains on bond until she is scheduled to be sentenced on September 8, 2026, at 8:30 A.M.
Woods pleaded guilty to the following four counts:
- Count 1: Cybercrime (F2)
- Count 2: Perjury in the First Degree (F4)
- Added Count 103: Attempt to Influence a Public Servant (F4) – Added Count 103 serves as a consolidation of original Counts 3–50
- Added Count 104: FORGERY (F5)– Added Count 104 consolidates four additional forgery counts not encompassed in Count 103
Pursuant to Woods’s guilty plea to Count One, the parties agreed to a minimum of eight years and a maximum of sixteen years in prison.
Prosecutors added Count 103 to consolidate the original charges listed in Counts 3–50. Count 104 was added to combine the remaining forgery-related charges not included in Count 103. As part of the plea agreement, the People dismissed counts 3-102.
Statement from District Attorney Alexis King:
“Today, Ms. Woods accepted responsibility not only for individual acts of misconduct but for the full scope of criminal conduct that spanned decades. Despite Colorado law allowing for these offenses to be probation eligible, this disposition guarantees a prison sentence and eliminates any possibility of a community-based sentence. Securing a term of imprisonment, protecting the interests of the community, and our shared expectations of integrity in the justice system is reflected in this resolution.”
Factual summary:
Woods was employed by CBI from January 1994 to November 2023, during which she worked at two laboratory locations in Jefferson County within the First Judicial District.
In November 2023, at the request of CBI, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (SDDCI) launched a criminal investigation into the discrepancies identified within Woods workbooks including evidence that Woods altered and/or deleted data related to critical parts of the quality control process.
In January of 2025, Investigators from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed 102 counts related to over 50 instances of criminal misconduct committed between 2008 and 2023.