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Kidnapping and Enticement Often Go Hand-in-Hand

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Kidnapping and Enticement Often Go Hand-in-Hand

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Enticement of a Child and Kidnapping are similar charges that often go hand-in-hand. Click here to read more about these criminal charges.

Enticement of a Child is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person tries to get a person under the age of 15 to enter a vehicle or building with the intent to have sexual contact with that child. A Colorado man was recently arrested for this charge, along with Kidnapping, after a 13-year-old girl who had been reported as missing was found. According to the report, the girl was reported missing from her home in Moffat and was seen the next day at a visitor’s center in Chaffee County. While not many details were released about the case, the 34 year old man who was arrested in connection with the missing child was charged with Kidnapping, Sexual Assault, Enticement of a Child, and Child Abuse. It’s not uncommon to see Enticement and Kidnapping charged in the same case. Let’s look at the two crimes and see how they are charged.

Larimer County Enticement Lawyer: Definition of Enticement of a Child in Colorado

The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Enticement of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-305- is:

A person commits the crime of enticement of a child if he or she invites or persuades, or attempts to invite or persuade, a child under the age of fifteen years to enter any vehicle, building, room, or secluded place with the intent to commit sexual assault or unlawful sexual contact upon said child. It is not necessary to a prosecution for attempt under this subsection (1) that the child have perceived the defendant’s act of enticement.

For Enticement to be charged, the child does not actually have to go anywhere with the person. Simply inviting the kid is enough to meet the criteria for this criminal charge if the intent was sexual in nature. Enticement is a class 4 felony unless certain aggravators are present and then it can be charged as a class 3 felony.

Second Degree Kidnapping in Loveland and Estes Park

In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Second Degree Kidnapping – C.R.S. 18-3-302 – is defined as:

(1) Any person who knowingly seizes and carries any person from one place to another, without his consent and without lawful justification, commits second degree kidnapping.

(2) Any person who takes, entices, or decoys away any child not his own under the age of eighteen years with intent to keep or conceal the child from his parent or guardian or with intent to sell, trade, or barter such child for consideration commits second degree kidnapping.

So, based on the case above, the man likely invited the girl to go with him with the intent of having sexual contact with her. Then, when he actually took her away from her home (maybe he picked her up in his vehicle), his actions were deemed as Second Degree Kidnapping.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Enticement or Second Degree Kidnapping, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free consultation today. Together, we can protect your future.

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