THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The 63-year-old Green Bay woman accused of stealing from their ward had her restitution hearing on April 1.
According to court records, Tamara Snadoval and her attorney were in court for the hearing as they stipulated the amount, which was not specified in the record.
A deferred prosecution hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. on August 14, 2026.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025, 1:10 P.M.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The 63-year-old Green Bay woman accused of stealing from their ward was in court for what was initially a restitution hearing on Monday.
According to court records, Tamara Snadoval and her attorney were in court while the state requested to adjourn the hearing. No objections were made, as the restitution hearing was put on hold with a new date set.
A deferred prosecution hearing is still set for 8:30 a.m. on August 14, 2026, with a new restitution hearing on February 13, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2025, 12:40 P.M.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The 63-year-old Green Bay woman accused of stealing from a person for whom she was listed as guardian appeared in court for a status conference on October 20.
According to court records, Tamara Sandoval and her attorney were in court as both the prosecution and defense argued over the bond. The court modified the bond’s condition, stating that Sandoval cannot be a payee to anybody else.
A deferred prosecution hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. on August 14, 2026 and a restitution for December 29, 2025 at 11 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025, 5:20 P.M.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay woman accused of stealing from a person for whom she was listed as guardian appeared in court for a plea/sentencing hearing on August 19.
According to court records, 63-year-old Tamara Sandoval and her attorney reached a deferred agreement of 12 months, and a restitution hearing was set for October 20, 2025, at 11:30 a.m.
A deferred prosecution hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. on August 14, 2026.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025, 2:48 P.M.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A Green Bay woman accused of stealing from a person under her guardianship was in court on Monday for a status conference after a pre-trial hearing on Friday, August 15.
According to court records, 63-year-old Tamara Sandoval and her attorney appeared as a deferred prosecution agreement was reached.
A plea/sentencing hearing is set for August 19.
UPDATE: Green Bay woman accused of theft from guardian case gets new pre-trial date
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025, 4:45 P.M.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A Green Bay woman accused of stealing from a person under her guardianship appeared in court Thursday for what was supposed to be her final pre-trial conference.
According to court records, 62-year-old Tamara Sandoval appeared with her attorney, but the hearing was rescheduled. A new final pre-trial date has been set for August 15 at 10:15 a.m.
Sandoval is scheduled for a two-day jury trial beginning August 19.
Local 5 News will continue following the case and provide updates as it progresses through the court system.
UPDATE: Jury trial date set for Green Bay woman accused of stealing from the person she was the guardian of
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025, 10:07 a.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A jury trial date has been set for the Green Bay woman who is accused of stealing over $10,000 from her legal guardian after a status conference on Thursday.
Court records show that 62-year-old Tamara Sandoval appeared in court on February 20 for a status conference. Sandoval’s present bond of $10,000 was continued.
A final pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for April 17 at 11:30 a.m. and a jury trial is set to begin on May 8 at 8:15 a.m.
UPDATE: Green Bay woman accused of stealing over $10K from person she was the guardian has trial date set
MONDAY, 11/25/24, 1:19
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay woman who is accused of stealing over $10,000 from her legal guardian reappeared in court on Friday.
Court records show that 62-year-old Tamara Sandoval appeared in court with an attorney for a status conference.
While in court, another status conference was scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on February 20, a final pre-trial was scheduled for 9:15 a.m. on May 5, and a jury trial was scheduled for May 8 and 9.
UPDATE: Green Bay woman accused of stealing over $10K from person she was the guardian reappears in court
TUESDAY, 10/15/24, 5:11 p.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay woman who is accused of stealing over $10,000 from her legal guardian reappeared in court on Friday.
According to court records, 61-year-old Tamara Sandoval was in court with her attorney with the present bond continued at the Brown County Courthouse.
An additional status conference was set for Nov. 22 at 10:30 a.m.
UPDATE: Green Bay woman accused of stealing over $10K from person she was the guardian of back in court
THURSDAY, 09/12/24, 12:05 p.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay woman accused of stealing over $10,000 from a person she was the legal guardian for was back in court on Tuesday.
Court records show that 61-year-old Tamara Sandoval appeared at the Brown County Courthouse for a status conference.
The present bond was continued and another status conference is scheduled for October 11 at 11:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, 05/22/2024, 9:00 p.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay woman accused of stealing over $10,000 from a person she was the legal guardian for was back in court on Monday.
Court records show that 61-year-old Tamara Sandoval appeared at the Brown County Courthouse on May 20 for a status conference.
Sandoval was supposed to have a plea hearing on Monday, but it has been moved back to September 10 at 11:00 a.m.
Green Bay woman accused of stealing from person she was the guardian for has plea hearing set
Monday, 01/05/2024, 8:30 a.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay woman accused of stealing over $10,000 from a person she was the guardian for was back in Brown County Court on January 29, 2023, for a status conference.
Court records show that 61-year-old Tamara Sandoval appeared with an attorney, where the court set her plea hearing for May 20, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.
No additional details were provided.
Green Bay woman charged with stealing over $10k from person she was the guardian for
FRIDAY, 09/23/2022, 3:00 p.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A woman from Green Bay is facing multiple charges after getting arrested for allegedly stealing tens of thousands from someone she was the guardian for.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Local 5, 60-year-old Tamara Sandoval is facing two charges related to stealing money from a person she was the guardian of. Back in July, authorities met with the complainant who said that the victim has had a guardian since 1996 and was possibly getting defrauded.
The complainant said the victim recently got a new guardian, who was there with authorities, and while reviewing bank accounts there were some ‘suspicious’ transactions. The new guardian said there was a transaction of $1,000 from the alleged victim’s account to a different account that ended up being Sandoval’s.
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Sandoval was the previous guardian for the victim and said that she would transfer money because there were times when she would have to pay for the victim because she forgot his money or debit card.
The new guardian also asked about ‘multiple’ restaurant charges that were abnormally high for a one-person bill. Sandoval said that sometimes the client would ‘treat’ her and her other client that resides at the residence. It was also mentioned that sometimes they would take turns paying when they would go out to eat.
The new guardian told authorities that the victim should be allotted $100 a month in spending cash. Sandoval was allegedly only allowing him $5 a week because of ‘behavioral issues’. The new guardian decided to look back further at the victim’s banking history.
From July 2020 until March 2022, the new guardian added up the believed ‘suspicious’ transactions and provided the following estimated findings:
- $6,240 from the victim’s account to Sandoval’s
- $1,300 in ATM withdrawals
- $867 in restaurant charges
- $550 at various gas stations
- $5,300 at grocery stores/convenience stores
Over the last two years, the new guardian totaled over $25,000 in suspicious activity. The victim does not have access to his checking account without the authorization of his guardian, which was Sandoval at the time. The victim reportedly does not have a debit/ATM card.
Authorities observed multiple issues when looking at financial information from October 26, 2015, to July 12, 2022.
- There were withdrawals totaling $27,285 on 114 separate occasions from the victim’s checking and savings accounts to Sandoval’s account.
- There were deposits totaling $2,086.62 on 12 separate occasions from Sandoval’s account to the victim’s account.
- There was $2,675.55 in grocery store purchases on 11 separate occasions.
- There was $1,019.99 in restaurant purchases on 11 separate occasions
- There was 625.79 in gas station purchases on 11 separate occasions
- There were 158.24 Starbucks purchases on seven separate occasions
- On May 22, 2021, the victim paid an HVAC company $115
- The complaint says that any repair to the home’s heating and/or cooling systems would be paid for by the owner of the residence, who was Sandoval. She was also already being paid by a company to house the victim.
- On August 13, 2021, the victim paid a car dealership $140.02
- The victim does not own a vehicle and can not legally drive
On September 16 around 11:35 a.m., authorities sat down and spoke with Sandoval at L.I.F.E. Academy where she was working. She said she was the alleged victim’s guardian since he was 18.
Sandoval told authorities that before he had a debit card, she would pay for the victim’s purchases with her card and would then reimburse herself for the payments. It was later clarified that she did it when she didn’t have his debit card with her.
She also mentioned that if the victim’s account got too high, she would take money from his account and put it into her own account. Sandoval said the victim would have been ineligible for medical assistance if his assets were over $2,000.
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Sandoval said she kept some of the receipts, which were later found during a search warrant at her house.
When asked if she made any ATM withdrawals with the victim’s money she reportedly said, “No.” Even though the banking records showed 11 withdrawals since 2020 for a total of $2,642.50.
Sandoval asked authorities how they knew she was not spending the money on the victim. To which authorities responded that the numbers did not add up.
When asked about the buying of fuel, she said, “I used his debit card for fuel?”
Sandoval said that some transactions could have been mistakes because the cards look ‘exactly alike’. Authorities asked if there were any financial issues and told her she was simply taking money from someone she was caring for.
She then said, “I think I wanna be done talking right now.” Sandoval said she felt ‘very attacked’ and ‘put on the spot’. “Brown County in general right now is not my friend,” was also brought up by Sandoval.
“I think I want to get an attorney,” was also said by Sandoval.
Authorities then arrested her and transported her to the Brown County Jail.
L.I.F.E. Academy said that allegations against Sandoval have nothing to do with the Agency of L.I.F.E. Academy, and provided the following statement to Local 5:
L.I.F.E. Academy, LLC has no affiliation with Tamara Sandoval. There has been an immediate clear, complete, and permanent separation between Tamara Sandoval and the agency. Any accusations of wrongdoing have nothing to do with the practices, clients, employees or the Agency of L.I.F.E. Academy, LLC. The matter in question is in regard to personal business Tamara conducted outside of her ownership/employment at L.I.F.E. Academy, LLC.
L.I.F.E. Academy, LLC has never been involved in this situation in any capacity, their clients, employees, and the remaining business partner have had no involvement.
Statement provided to Local 5 by L.I.F.E. Academy
Sandoval is charged with the following:
- Theft By Bailee
- Felony
- Up to six years in prison
- Having possession of money of another, and transferring the money without the owner’s consent, contrary to the defendant’s authority, and with intent to convert said property to her own use.
- Theft By Bailee
- Felony
- Up to ten years in prison
- Having possession of money having a value greater than $10,000, of another, and transferring such money without the owner’s consent, contrary to the defendant’s authority and with intent to convert the property to her own use.
Court records show that Sandoval is scheduled to appear in court for her initial appearance on October 26. No additional information was provided.
