Victim, an adult male fully identified in the reports, resides in a long term care facility as of November 5, 2024. That facility is located in Stearns County, Minnesota. His Power of Attorney is E. N., an adult male fully identified in the reports. The POA was executed on 5/16/24, and does not permit gifts. E. N. And his wife, identified as Courtney Ione Fure, [DOB REDACTED], reside in Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota. E. N. Was provided with Victim’s debit card in September of 2024. During Officer Hickerson’s investigation on the use of Victim’s funds, he discovered several purchases made at Walmart using Victim’s debit card.
Officer Hickerson is aware through the course of his employment that Walmart have cameras with saved data. Officer Hickerson obtained still images from purchases made on 5/7/25, 5/11/25, 5/15/25, 5/17/25, 6/10/25, 6/13/25, 6/15/25, and 6/16/25. All purchases were made by Fure. The total for purchases made on those dates equal $1160.75. Officer Hickerson also obtained surveillance footage from Kwik Trip incidents on 6/4/25 and 6/9/25, where Fure is seen withdrawing $80 on each visit from the ATM. The incident on 6/9/25 took place in the city of Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota.
The unauthorized transactions occurred primarily in Sherburne County, Stearns County, and Wright County. For purposes of these charges, all transactions are aggregated. Officer Hickerson spoke with E. N. On 8/14/25. E. N. Provided Power of Attorney paperwork to Officer Hickerson. E. N. Advised that he was originally provided with Victim’s debit card. He then gave Victim’s debit card to Fure so she could handle any of Victim’s financial needs while E. N. Was at work. E. N. Further advised that he had a verbal agreement with Victim to use a Social Security check to pay for vehicle repairs, and that E. N. Was to pay Victim [NAME REDACTED]. He gave the check to Fure to have Victim [NAME REDACTED]. Officer Hickerson showed E. N. The signed check, and E. N. Immediately identified that was not Victim’s signature.
The check is written for $1180, dated 6/3/25, and addressed to Victim. The check was deposited on 6/12/25 via mobile deposit to Affinity Plus FCU, into an account owned by E. N. Fure first identified that Victim [NAME REDACTED] in front of her. She ultimately admitted to signing Victim’s name on the check for $1180 and putting the money into E. N.’s account. She also admitted to stealing funds from Victim’s account, indicating she needed the money and planned to pay it all back. Fure had no idea how much money she owed Victim.
Officer Hickerson identified the total amount taken by Fure using the debit card as $12,976.39. Officer Hickerson spoke with Victim, who denied giving Fure permission to use his debit card. Victim also denied giving anyone permission to sign his check for $1180. Victim stated that E. N. And Fure never brought him anything or gave him any money. Total funds taken through unauthorized debits are as follows: 9/1/24 – 2/28/25: $9437.68 3/1/25 – 6/30/25: $3538.71 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 609.49, intentional failure to appear for duly scheduled court appearances may result in additional criminal charges, and in addition to any arrest warrant that may otherwise be issued by the Court.
