Fort Dodge woman is accused of lying to DHS, court system
Collins faces perjury, fraudulent practice charges
- Chelsea Collins

Chelsea Collins
A woman already facing extortion charges is now facing felony charges after she allegedly lied to the state Department of Human Services and the court system
Chelsea K. Collins, 30, of Fort Dodge, has been charged with one count of perjury and one count of second-degree fraudulent practice.
In the perjury case, Collins is alleged to have lied on an application for a court-appointed attorney, which was then submitted for a Webster County Magistrate Court judge for approval.
The criminal complaint filed against Collins said that she lived in the 1200 block of North 11th Street and that nobody else living in that home had any income.
However, according to the officer who filed the complaint, at the time Collins filled out that form at least two others were living in the house and both had jobs.
“The defendant provided these statements knowing them to be false and with the attempt of gaining financial assistance paid for her to defend her current criminal defense,” the complaint stated.
Collins is also accused of lying to the Department of Human Services between March 15 and April 15, 2018, so she could get more food stamps than she was allowed.
The complaint does not say what, specifically, Collins allegedly lied about on her application.
Collins was ordered held on $5,000 bond on each count.
Previously, she was ordered held on $6,000 cash-only bond on charges of extortion and false imprisonment.
Between June 1 and July 27, complaints allege that Collins threatened a Fort Dodge woman in order to collect a debt that Collins believed the woman owed her.
At one point during that time frame, Collins and her boyfriend allegedly forced a relative of the victim into a car and transported him across town to the woman’s home.
Once there, Collins and her boyfriend — who is not named in the criminal complaint — demanded the woman turn over property to use as collateral to pay for the debt.
Collins allegedly used “fear and intimidation” against the woman, though what exactly Collins said or did was not listed in the complaint.
She has pleaded not guilty to those charges. No trial date has been scheduled.
Her preliminary hearing on the new charges is Sept. 21.





