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Littleton resident tells commissioners she was targeted by organized harassment and sought hospital care
Summary
Candace Rutledge of Littleton spoke during public comment about a recent sequence of incidents she described as organized harassment, including symptoms she said suggested poisoning and an emergency visit to Littleton Adventist Hospital; the board offered to accept follow-up information.
Candace Rutledge, a resident of Littleton, described a recent and ongoing personal incident she characterized as organized harassment during the Arapahoe County Board’s public-comment period on March 11.
Rutledge told commissioners she began experiencing physical symptoms — racing heart, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, tremors and elevated blood pressure — after a March 1 outing to a food-bank and other public locations. She said the symptoms worsened over several weeks and that on March 6 Littleton police took her to Littleton Adventist Hospital. She told the board she requested blood tests to determine whether she had been given drugs without her knowledge and described a distressing experience in the hospital’s psychiatric evaluation area when staff attempted to start an IV; she said the needle placement and repeated attempts raised concerns for her.
Rutledge said she declined to go to the hospital immediately because of fear and personal circumstances, including debt related to the alleged harassers. She said she intended to provide more detail during a later, separate study session. The board thanked Rutledge and offered the option to share follow-up information with staff for possible assistance; no formal action or investigation by the board was recorded at the meeting.
