Gambling and gaming in casinos are highly regulated activities. If someone is found to be violating the ‘rules,’ then the Division of Gaming will charge them with Fraudulent Acts. The problem is, often people don’t know that they are violating the rules. We are not talking about a professional con artist who can – through Continue Reading
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Fort Collins 3rd Degree Criminal Trespass Attorney No Mask = Trespassing?
Trespass is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person enters or remains somewhere they are not legally allowed to be. I was recently in Georgetown, Colorado for some holiday fun and noticed a sign on the visitor’s center doors. It read: “IF YOU AREN’T WEARING A MASK, YOU ARE TRESPASSING.” Now, that Continue Reading
Attempt to Influence a Public Servant in Fort Collins Fake COVID Letters Lead to Felony Charges
Attempt to Influence a Public Servant is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person lies to a government employee to change the outcome of that employee’s decision. Last week, I posted a blog about a woman who was accused of forging doctor excuse letters to get out of going to court. In Continue Reading
Fort Collins Forgery Attorney Woman Accused of Forging COVID Excuse Letter from Doctor
Forgery is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of modifying or falsely creating an official document. A woman was recently arrested and charged with this crime after presenting 3 letters from a doctor stating that she was testing positive for COVID in order to get out of her Colorado Continue Reading
Larimer County Criminal Mischief Attorney Gang Graffiti Leads to Juvenile Arrests
Criminal Mischief is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of causing property damage. Four juveniles were recently arrested for this crime in Greeley after a trespassing call came into the police department. According to the report, the officers were investigating a vehicle trespass and ended up detaining four boys Continue Reading
Fort Collins Invasion of Privacy for Sexual Gratification Attorney Man Caught Peeping on Surveillance Camera
Invasion of Privacy for Sexual Gratification is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of viewing another’s intimate parts without their consent. Two very common actions that we relate to this crime is taking upskirt photos and being a Peeping Tom. Surveillance camera recently caught a man on video in Continue Reading
Larimer County Prohibited Use of a Weapon Lawyer Multiple Charges for Prohibited Use of Weapons
Prohibited Use of Weapons is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County for various reason ranging from handling a gun while drunk and discharging a firearm. A Boulder man recently was arrested for multiple charges of this crime after he was accused of shooting an AK-47 into the air. According to the news report, this Continue Reading
Fort Collins Public Indecency Attorney Being a Nudist Doesn’t Get You Off the Hook
Public Indecency is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of exposing themselves with other people around and upsetting those people with the exposure. A man was recently found guilty at trial of Public Indecency for walking around in the nude. What was his defense? Well, he claimed to be Continue Reading
Fort Collins Unlawful Storage of a Firearm Defense Attorney When a Juvenile Possesses Your Gun, You Can Face Charges
When a juvenile is charged with a weapons crime in Fort Collins and Larimer County, everyone investigating and involved in the incident always want to know where the weapon came from. Often, kids get these weapons from their own home. When that’s the case, the parents are looked into regarding their storage of the weapon Continue Reading
Larimer County Domestic Violence Defense Attorney Holiday Stress = Increase in Domestic Violence Cases?
Domestic Violence is a sentence enhancer that can be attached to any underlying crime when the two parties involved are or have been in an intimate relationship. This can apply to a low level misdemeanor, like Harassment or a high level felony, like First Degree Assault. While many think of the holidays as a time Continue Reading