She Scammed 16 Families Out of $150K — Judge Boyd HUMILIATES Her

A grieving widow married 43 years, a daughter too scared to try again, and multiple families who lost loved ones—all paid for headstones they never received. The defendant took their money, promised delivery, and allegedly bought a house and a truck while the victims waited. Now she stands before the judge, asking for probation, claiming a domestic violence situation derailed her business. But the judge caught her in a contradiction: she pleaded guilty to theft, signed stipulations, but on the stand says she didn't steal—she paid a third party who failed to deliver. The question is, is she lying now, or did she lie when she pleaded guilty? 00:00 Judge Questions Use of Victim Funds 00:42 Case Called: State vs Elena Marino 00:59 Theft of Property $30,000 to $150,000 01:29 Restitution Paid in Full 01:45 PSI Report Reviewed Without Objection 01:50 State Calls Witness Norma Fuentes 02:37 Victim Sought Out Defendant's Business 02:52 Stone Never Delivered 03:07 Victim: She Put Us Through Hell 03:43 Victim: She Does Not Deserve Probation 03:54 Victim Wants to Face Defendant 04:10 Victim Calls Defendant Malicious and Vicious 04:25 Grieving Families Already Lost Loved Ones 04:41 Defendant Now Working at Another Funeral Home 05:10 Married 43 Years, Lost Her Husband 05:42 Justice: She Needs to Serve Time 06:18 Defendant Bought House and Truck 06:42 Defense Asks About Restitution 07:07 Victim: Never Received Designed Stone 07:30 Judge Defends Defense Attorney's Role 08:12 Victim Paid Again for New Stone 08:42 Defendant Said Material Was Not on Hand 09:46 Victim Paid Upfront, Waited Over a Year 10:38 Second Victim: Alexandra Valverde 10:47 Victim Learned Business Through Facebook 11:10 Entered Contract in July 2020 12:14 Victim: Too Scared to Try Again 12:35 Justice: She Should Do Time 13:10 Third Victim: Iana Moreno 13:28 Learned of Business From Restaurant Card 13:43 Victim Got Stone Elsewhere at Additional Cost 14:03 Victim Now Hesitant to Support Small Businesses 15:13 Eight to Nine Months Before Seeking Help 15:36 Defendant Elena Marino Sanchez Testifies 16:02 Aware of Taking People's Money 16:08 No Intent to Permanently Deprive 16:17 No Intent to Bring Pain 17:00 Relationship Caused Delays 18:34 Judge Asks About Buying House and Car 18:42 Restitution Paid in Full 18:54 Defendant Expresses Remorse 19:01 Heartbroken Over Hurting Families 19:25 Requesting Community Supervision 20:01 Willing to Accept Probation Terms 20:15 State Questions Business Closure Timeline 20:30 Closed Business After Arrest in 2024 20:57 Defendant Contradicts Prior Statements 21:21 Issues Began Between 2020 and 2023 21:58 Ex Harassed, Stalked, Threatened 22:25 Ex Broke Stones, Broke Into Office 23:48 Unwilling to Explain Business to Detective 24:09 Invoked Right to Attorney During Interrogation 25:44 Assures Court It Won't Happen Again 26:09 Sixteen Complainants Alleged 26:19 Orders Ready for Delivery Were Rejected 27:03 Families Demanded Money Back 29:20 DWI and Other Violations 30:07 Possession With Intent to Deliver 31:11 No Intent to Cause Pain 31:44 Other Customers Fulfilled Successfully 32:05 Now Managing Funeral Home 33:23 Successfully Completed Prior Probations 33:50 Defendant Claims Headstones Were Paid For 34:43 Monument Company Delays of 12-18 Months 35:07 Money Went to Third Party for Headstones 35:15 Defendant Kept Only Commission 36:03 Defendant Denies Committing Theft 36:29 Sales-Based Commission Position 37:01 Bank Records Don't Show Payments to Masonry 37:22 Defendant Says Cash Transactions With Receipts 38:00 Judge Orders Files Reviewed 39:10 Judge: She Pleaded Guilty, Now Says She Didn't Steal 40:13 Restitution Only Paid After Court Ordered It 41:09 Victims of Crime Doesn't Give Right to Victimize Others 44:44 Defendant Apologizes to Familiese 45:08 Accepting Responsibility for Not Delivering 45:30 Sticks by Testimony That Third Party Failed 45:49 Defendant Admits Some Stones Were Delivered 46:14 Defendant Claims She Paid Headstone Company 47:02 State Rebuttal: She Told PSI It Will Keep Her Out of Prison 48:15 Defense May File Motion for New Trial With New Evidence 49:00 $51,000 Restitution Only After Court Ordered It real courtroom hearings, Judge Simpson, theft of property, headstone fraud, grieving families defrauded, monument business scam, restitution paid, deferred adjudication denied, six years prison, victim impact statements, domestic violence excuse, prior probation revocations, funeral home industry, stealing from the dead, courtroom consequences, real judge sentencing Subscribe to Justice Served for more real courtroom hearings where every decision has real consequences. #RealCourtroomHearings, #JudgeSimpson, #HeadstoneFraud, #TheftOfProperty, #GrievingFamilies, #MonumentScam, #RestitutionPaid, #DeferredAdjudicationDenied, #PrisonSentence, #VictimImpact, #FuneralHomeScam, #PriorProbation, #StealingFromTheDead, #CourtroomConsequences, #JusticeServed