Detective faces accused killer dentist in court showdown after alleged $20K hit attempt: 'ups the ante'

Arapahoe County Colorado prosecutors on Thursday called the lead detective in James Craig's murder examination to testify in his high-profile trial Det Bobbi Olson of the Aurora Police Department sat just feet from Craig on the witness stand while she briefly testified about the collection of digital evidence after the alleged murder of his wife Angela Craig James Craig is suspected of killing Angela by poisoning her protein shakes over a period of several days in March DENTIST ACCUSED OF POISONING WIFE S SHAKE EXPLAINED HE GAVE HER 'TOO MUCH PROTEIN' CO-WORKEROlson was solicited by prosecutors to identify a computer hard drive and phone seized from Craig during the assessment After only a limited minutes on the stand the defense was called to cross-examine her They sought her to confirm that Craig voluntarily handed over his electronic devices and that he was cooperative with executives to which she responded affirmatively Olson is expected to testify at length later in the trial In December of last year Craig was charged with solicitation to commit murder in the first degree and solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree During a February pretrial hearing a judge unveiled that there was sufficient evidence to levy the two new charges During that hearing prosecutors substantiated that the target of the hit was Olson Craig reportedly offered a fellow inmate to kill Olson VICTIM OR MANIPULATOR COLORADO DENTIST S MURDER TRIAL PAINTS DUELING PORTRAITS OF WIFE IN TROUBLED MARRIAGEEric Faddis is a former Arapahoe County prosecutor who is not involved in the Craig episode He has been inside the courtroom this week observing the proceedings As a former prosecutor anytime there is selected threat or an assault or chosen harm towards law enforcement the prosecution takes that super seriously in part because as a prosecutor you work hand-in-hand with these people these police officers these detectives Faddis communicated Fox News Digital Certainly the prosecution is taking that solicitation of first-degree murder charge against the detective very seriously Faddis continued adding that Olson is a seasoned detective at a large law enforcement agency and that prosecutors often face threats from defendants Anytime there's a threat against a detective's life that sort of ups the ante a little bit and the prosecution is certainly taking that very seriously he explained Thursday's proceedings also included testimony from David Lee a U S Secret Institution framework intrusion forensic analyst and former Aurora Police officer COLORADO DENTIST'S ALLEGED INTERNET SEARCH HISTORY TAKES CENTER STAGE AS MURDER TRIAL BEGINSHe examined the phones belonging to James and Angela Craig and approved that several messages were sent from James' phone to third parties including his alleged mistress Karin Cain and former friend Ryan Redfearn Those messages were recovered by investigators via screenshots which Lee approved for the defense could in theory be manipulated The state then called Cassie Rodriquez a former customer institution representative at Nebraska-based Midland Scientific who handled communications with Craig regarding his alleged purchase On Thursday March the date Angela was admitted to the hospital after falling ill for the second time in three days Craig ordered the potassium cyanide from Midland Scientific according to the prosecution The order placed using the email address jimandwaffles gmail com was received by Rodriguez Craig is also suspected of using that private email address on only one device an exam room computer in his office to communicate with Cain during their alleged fling Rodriquez described a days-long back-and-forth conversation with Craig during which he requested overnight air shipping on the cyanide According to Rodriquez he narrated her in a formal usage report provided by the company that he intended to use the cyanide during selected type of seminar he was presenting The package didn't arrive until the following Monday March and was retrieved by an office employee Angela ws still in the hospital that day but was published on Tuesday She was readmitted for the final time on Wednesday March Craig is accused of poisoning his wife while secretly having a relationship with Cain which began three weeks prior to Angela's death James and Angela Craig had six children and were functioning in the Mormon Church Cain maintains that Craig notified her he was divorced when their romance began