A 60-year-old woman was released from jail this week after serving a 5-year sentence stemming from her brutal attack on a court-appointed child-custody supervisor while attempting to kidnap her then-12-year-old son in Goleta in 2019.

Dr. Theresa Lynn Colosi, 60, appeared in Superior Court in Santa Barbara on Tuesday for formal sentencing by Judge Clifford R. Anderson III.

In April 2023, Colosi agreed to plead guilty to a single count of assault with a deadly weapon, along with a criminal enhancement for causing great bodily injury to her victim.

As part of a plea agreement with Santa Barbara County prosecutors, three other charges — attempted murder, attempted kidnapping and disobeying a domestic-violence court order — were dropped.

An orthopedic surgeon who had been practicing in the Bay Area, Colosi was convicted of assaulting and seriously injuring Cindy Hann on Dec. 8, 2019, during a court-ordered supervised visit with Colosi’s son, who has not been named in court documents.

Under the plea deal, Colosi was sentenced to five years behind bars — two years for the assault charge and three years for causing serious injury to Hann.

The attack occurred in the parking lot at Zodo’s Bowling & Beyond — now Bowlero — at 5925 Calle Real in Goleta.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office alleged that Colosi began acting suspiciously while walking with her son, which caught Hann’s attention.

Colosi then swung a metal compressed-CO2 gas canister at Hann, hitting her in the head several times.

Hann told the boy to run into the bowling alley for help, and Colosi began following him, but then ran to her vehicle and fled the area.

Detectives said they discovered that Colosi had chartered a private jet that took her from the Lompoc Airport to Glacier International Airport near Kalispell, Montana.

Detectives also learned that, before the incident at Zodo’s, Colosi gave away her belongings, withdrew $900,000 from her bank account, and chartered the flight with fictitious names for herself, her son and her dog, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Colosi eventually was arrested in Montana by officers of the Whitefish Police Department, and was extradited back to Santa Barbara County on Dec. 19, 2019.

She had remained in custody at the Santa Barbara County Jail until Tuesday, when she was sentenced after completing her time in custody.

As part of the plea deal, she was to serve her time in County Jail rather than state prison, as prosecutors and the judge presiding over the case, Michael Carrozzo, feared she might be released earlier due to state-prison policies and practices.

At the time of her court hearing on Tuesday, Colosi had served just shy of 4 years and 3 months in jail, which amounted to 85% of her sentence, including time off for good behavior.

Colosi was released on a three-year supervised parole, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Heather Trapnell, who prosecuted the case.

Anderson, who presided over the sentencing, issued a criminal protective order requiring Colosi to stay away from her son, who is now 16 years old and living with his father and stepmother in Santa Barbara.

Still to come is a restitution hearing for Colosi, Trapnell told Noozhawk.

At the sentencing hearing, Hann gave a victim-witness statement, as did Colosi’s son and the boy’s family members.

Court documents indicate that Colosi’s criminal actions came as she and the boy’s father were engaged in a bitter child-custody dispute.

According to a sentencing memo submitted to the court by her attorney, Colosi felt she was being deliberately denied the opportunity to be involved in her son’s life.

Colosi could not be reached for comment for this story, and Noozhawk could not determine her whereabouts.

However, court documents submitted ahead of Tuesday’s sentencing hearing suggest she may be staying with friends in Los Gatos in Northern California.

Through her attorney, Hann indicated she was still processing the outcome of the case, and was not prepared to talk about it with a reporter.

Similarly, the teen’s parents told Noozhawk they were not ready to publicly discuss what has been a traumatic situation for them.

Civil Lawsuits Against Colosi Still Pending

In the wake of the attack, Hann filed a civil lawsuit against Colosi in June 2020, asserting that her life was shattered by the incident.

In the lawsuit, filed by Santa Barbara attorney Patrick McCarthy, Hann requested a jury trial, and is seeking an undetermined sum of money, for both actual and punitive damages, after enduring “physical pain, physical injuries, facial scarring, emotional distress, mental suffering and lost earnings.”

That case is still pending, McCarthy told Noozhawk this week, and apparently was put on hold while Colosi’s criminal trial and jail sentence were being completed.

Colosi also is a defendant in a civil action filed by Montecito Bank & Trust in November 2022, according to Superior Court records.

When she liquidated her accounts, Colosi allegedly turned the money into cashier’s checks, and the bank has asked the court to decide who has a legal right to those funds.

Colosi reportedly owes as much as $500,000 in back child support in the Bay Area, and her son’s father is seeking access to the funds, according to McCarthy.

Hann and the biological father also are named as defendants in the bank’s legal action, which also is pending.

Colosi Still Has Medical License on ‘Retired’ Status

The Medical Board of California in December 2022 filed an action to revoke Colosi’s medical license based on the attack and kidnapping attempt, but no hearing has been held, presumably because she has been in jail.

As of this week, her license is listed as “renewed & current,” although it is in “retired status,” and she is not permitted to practice medicine.

The Medical Board’s listing notes that Colosi has a felony conviction related to the attack on Hann.