12 FEBRUARY 9-15, 2023 westword.com WESTWORD | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | law enforcement not to pursue the matter. “Law enforcement determined that the individual posed a threat, and they sought an Extreme Risk Protection Order. The AG thought that was an appropriate response,” explains Lawrence Pacheco, a spokesperson for the Colorado Attorney General’s Offi ce. “There was a whole bunch of talk about conspiracy to commit capital murder,” Shelby says. “I didn’t have a plan to do this shit. Never did. I said some shit, but as far as planning for it — ‘We’re going to do this step one, this step two’ — I didn’t have all of that.” “The problem for confi dential informants and the FBI [is that] the incentive structure is really built so that it’s not for looking for cases that are necessary and good and important, but looking for cases in general,” says Aaronson on the podcast. “Five thousand dollars every few weeks. If he doesn’t build cases or progress cases, they’re going to stop paying them.” Realizing that his idea of creating some grand case for the FBI was falling apart, Windecker eventually got Hall to buy him a pistol at a Bass Pro Shop in late August 2020. “I just got terrifi ed and intimidated into getting this dude this gun,” Hall says now, adding that he felt like Windecker might hurt him if he refused. Since Windecker had a felony conviction, Hall was eventually nabbed by the feds for buying a gun for a convicted felon, with the indictment coming down in July 2021. Facing a potential sentence of ten years in prison if he went to trial and lost, Hall took a plea deal. He copped to the felony charge and was sentenced to three years of probation last September. Still, he now has a felony convic- tion on his permanent record. “Dude, I can’t even get a job at DoorDash,” says Hall, who was working as an IT support technician when he was arrested. “It was my fi rst case. Why not give me a diversion program?” As the summer of 2020 moved into fall, A Snitch in Time continued from page 10 Zebbodios “Zebb” Hall was already active in Denver’s protests when he met Mickey Windecker. COURTESY OF ZEBBODIOS HALL COURTESY OF ZEBBODIOS HALL PARK HILL SUPERMARKET High Quality! Huge Variety! Wholesale Prices! Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat & seafood 3770 E 40TH AVE. DENVER, CO 80205 Tel: 303-823-3088 EVERY DAY 9AM-6PM CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK FOR DEALS! Colorado Criminal Defense: .. DUI & DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired): Alcohol and/or Drugs ..DMV: Driver License Hearings, Revocations, and Suspensions ..Constitutional Law Violations: Fourth, Fifth, and Six Amendments ..MPO & RO Hearings: Restraining Orders and Mandatory Protection Orders ..Felony, Misdemeanor, & Municipal Cases: Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Jeff erson
