While I am not a smoker, I know people who smoke and their cigarette breaks are very important to them. Hiding their smokes would cause much distress. That same level of distress is what one woman felt when she accused her boyfriend of hiding her cigarette, and her reaction landed her in handcuffs. According to the news report, the boyfriend Continue Reading
Category: Assault
Fort Collins Prohibited Use of a Weapon Lawyer | Drinking and Guns
A Colorado Springs man was recently arrested for Prohibited Use of a Weapon and 2nd Degree Assault after an accidental shooting left one man in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to the news report, the man was intoxicated while handling a gun and the gun accidentally went off. The bullet struck another man in the head, but luckily Continue Reading
Fort Collins Second Degree Assault and Resisting Arrest Attorney | Punching a Police Officer is Not a Good Idea
Some people never learn, fighting back tends to make things worse. That is definitely the case for one Fort Collins man. He was pulled over by a Larimer County Sheriff Deputy and during the stop, his car was searched. Apparently, there was illegal narcotics in his possession. That’s when things went wrong. When the deputy attempted to arrest the man, Continue Reading
Fort Collins Third Degree Assault Domestic Violence Lawyer | Trying to Whip Him Into Shape
I don’t know many people who love to get up in the morning when their alarm goes off. In fact, I think most people can relate to hitting the snooze button once or twice before dragging themselves out of bed to get ready for work. I guess one woman got sick of her boyfriend not wanting to get up for Continue Reading
Fort Collins Domestic Violence Assault Attorney | Anger Over Spilled Milk
You know the saying “don’t cry over spilled milk?” Well, one man should have followed that saying – it would have saved him from criminal charges. According to the news report, the man allegedly reacted in anger when his wife reached for some peanut butter and knocked over a glass of milk. He apparently wanted it cleaned up immediately, so Continue Reading
Assault on a Police Officer in Fort Collins | The DMV Can Be an Aggravating Place
For anyone who has had to wait in line at the DMV for what feels like forever, only to be told to get in a different line or that you can’t be helped, you may understand where this woman was coming from. She did not have all the information and documents required to get whatever she needed, but refused to Continue Reading
2nd Degree Assault in Fort Collins | Watch Out! She’s a Biter!
People celebrate birthdays in many different ways, but one form of celebration was new to me. Apparently, a woman had been out partying with her friends for her birthday and somehow the party ended up at the post office. The intoxicated birthday girl entered a restricted area and when confronted, she bit the postal worker in the arm. The employees Continue Reading
First Degree Assault in Fort Collins | Bad News = Bad Reaction
Because people are different, we obviously all have different reactions when we get bad news. Some people cry, some people shut down, and some people decide to punch the random person standing next to them. Well, at least one person reacted that way and now he is facing Assault charges. According to the news report, a man was at a Continue Reading
First Degree Assault in Fort Collins | Turn Down the TV or Else!
I think everyone has heard the ‘or else’ threat added to the end of a command. Whether you take it seriously or not is a risk a person takes when they choose whether or not to heed the demand. One neighbor chose to ignore a demand and it landed him in the hospital. According to the news report, a sixty-year-old Continue Reading
Assault on a Police Officer in Fort Collins | Keep Your Knees to Yourself
When the Fort Collins Police or Larimer County Sheriff Deputies respond to reports of an intoxicated person in public, they usually show up on the location and expect take the person to the Larimer County Jail for detoxification. The drunk person is held for a few hours to sober up, and then released without any criminal charges being filed. That is, Continue Reading