A former Wyoming journalist faces yet another forgery charge, this time in Laramie County for allegedly forging documents to enroll her child in Laramie County School District 1 and obtain special education services. 

The newest forgery charge adds to 20 others that April Morganroth, known in Wyoming by her alias Marie Hamilton, now faces. 

Morganroth has worked as a reporter for the Platte County Record-Times, the Guernsey Gazette, the Torrington Telegram and the Newcastle News Letter Journal. She also freelanced briefly for Oil City News and Cap City News and was the owner, publisher and managing editor of 307 Wyoming Sentinel. 

Morganroth was an outspoken figure after News Media Corporation announced in August that it was closing eight Wyoming newspapers, including the one in Platte County where she worked at the time. (The papers were quickly purchased and reopened.) Morganroth’s time at the Platte County paper ended the same month.

The documents related to the newest charge include a letter purportedly authored by a doctor at UCHealth Mountain Crest Behavioral Health Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to a law enforcement affidavit. The letter, dated April 11, 2025, purportedly describes Morganroth’s son’s disabilities and learning disorders, the affidavit states. The letter has a signature attributed to the doctor. 

According to LCSD1 personnel, Morganroth had submitted the letter as part of the enrollment and evaluation process for her child to receive special education services with the district, the affidavit states. District personnel said that medical or psychological documentation used to determine eligibility for specialized education services and accommodations is usually provided directly from treating providers to the school rather than being submitted by parents. 

Laramie County Sheriff’s Detective Keith Huebner contacted the doctor in early April, the affidavit shows. The doctor stated the letter wasn’t written by him and that he hadn’t authorized anyone to write it on his behalf. He also said that the signature wasn’t his. What’s more, the doctor hadn’t worked for UCHealth since 2023. 

Huebner also called Morganroth for the investigation, but she declined to provide a statement, according to the affidavit. 

LCSD1 personnel told Huebner that Morganroth attempted to provide documents, including screenshots of utility bills, to prove residency status in Laramie County, the court document states. But the district didn’t accept the documents as valid proof of residency. 

Huebner obtained lease agreements from July 2025 and February 2026 that both indicate Morganroth and her family lived in Chugwater at a property related to another set of charges. 

Morganroth is already fighting two cases with long lists of charges. 

In March, Platte County prosecutors brought 10 charges against Morganroth for allegedly forging documents to oppose a proposed wind farm in the Chugwater area and lying under oath at a hearing concerning the project.

Later that month, prosecutors brought forward another 10 charges accusing her of forging documents that falsely showed she had been pre-approved for a loan and received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a Chugwater home she sought to purchase.

Maya Shimizu Harris covers public safety for WyoFile. She was previously a freelance writer and the state politics reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune.

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