When a 45-year-old man met up for a date with an 18-year-old girl he met through a dating app, he probably had high hopes about the interaction. When the date progressed to his room at a local Fort Collins hotel, I’m sure the plans he had were very different from the woman’s. She purposely left the door open and texted her friend a message stating that she was in the room. Her friend, a 20-year-old male, entered the room, pointed a gun and the date, and took his wallet. Both the girl and her friend were caught and charged with Aggravated Robbery and Theft. They are both currently being held in the Larimer County Jail.
Aggravated Robbery in Larimer County
The Colorado law definition of Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-301 – is:
Aggravated Robbery – C.R.S. 302, which is what the two in the story above were charged with, is defined by Colorado law as:
- He is armed with a deadly weapon with intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person; or
- He knowingly wounds or strikes the person robbed or any other person with a deadly weapon or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation with a deadly weapon knowingly puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
- He has present a confederate, aiding or abetting the perpetration of the robbery, armed with a deadly weapon, with the intent, either on the part of the defendant or confederate, if resistance is offered, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person, or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
- He possesses any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or represents verbally or otherwise that he is then and there so armed.
Because Aggravated Robbery involves the use of a deadly weapon or injury, it is a more serious felony charge than Robbery in Larimer, Boulder, and Grand County. While Robbery is charged as a class 4 felony, Aggravated Robbery is charged as a class 3 felony and an extraordinary risk crime. It is also considered a crime of violence, which means the potential sentence range is extended. A prison sentence is mandatory. If a person is convicted of Aggravated Robbery, they could be facing 10 to 32 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
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Misdemeanor and Felony Theft in Fort Collins
The Colorado law definition of Theft – C.R.S. 18-4-401 – is:
- Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;
- Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
- Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
- Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person; or
- Knowingly retains the thing of value more than seventy-two hours after the agreed-upon time of return in any lease or hire agreement.
Petty and Misdemeanor Theft Offenses Sentence Range:
| Class 1 Petty Theft Offense | Class 3 Misdemeanor Theft | Class 2 Misdemeanor Theft | Class 1 Misdemeanor Theft | |
| Item Price Range | Less than $50 | $50 to $299 | $300 to $749 | $750 to $1,999 |
| Maximum Penalty | *$500 fine
*6 months jail |
*$750 fine
*6 months jail |
*$1,000 fine
*12 months jail |
*$5,000
*18 months jail |
Felony Theft Offenses Sentencing Range:
| Class 6 Felony Theft | Class 5 Felony Theft | Class 4 Felony Theft | Class 3 Felony Theft | Class 2 Felony Theft | |
| Item Price Range | $2,000 to $4,999 | $5,000 to $19,999 | $20,000 to $99,999 | $100,000 to $999,999 | $1,000,000 or more |
| Maximum Penalty | *$100,000 fine
*18 months prison |
*$100,000 fine
*3 years prison |
*$500,000 fine
*6 years prison |
$750,000 fine
*12 years prison |
*$1,000,000 fine
*24 years prison |
While the news report did not disclose the value of the contents of the man’s wallet, this amount would decide whether the couple was charged with misdemeanor or felony Theft. It the total value of the wallet and it’s contents was less than $2,000, they would be looking at a misdemeanor Theft charge, in addition to the Aggravated Robbery charge. If the total is $2,000 or more, it would be a felony charge. It does not take long to hit the $2,000 mark when adding up the value of items and get felony Theft charges in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park.