Category: Criminal Mischief

Criminal Mischief may sound like a minor offense, but in Fort Collins and across Colorado, it can carry serious consequences — including felony charges and significant jail time. Whether you’ve been accused of damaging someone’s property in an argument, during a protest, or as part of a misunderstanding, it’s crucial to understand what you’re facing and how to protect your Continue Reading

Criminal Mischief is charged in Loveland and Fort Collins when a person is accused of causing damage to someone’s property. Interestingly, you can actually be charged with this crime for damaging property that is jointly owned. This means you can be charged for damaging your own property. For example, a man jointly owns his house with his wife. The two Continue Reading

Criminal Mischief is charged in Loveland and Fort Collins when a person causes property damage to someone else’s property. A woman was recently arrested and charged with this crime after her act of revenge went VERY wrong. According to the report, the 18-year-old was angry about her ex-boyfriend not paying her back some money he owed her. To get back Continue Reading

Criminal Mischief is charged in Fort Collins and Loveland when a person is accused of causing damage to someone else’s property. This can be charged when it’s a known person – like you key your boyfriend’s car after a fight – or, with an unknown entity – like spray painting the side of a building. No matter the intent, causing Continue Reading

A juvenile can be charged with almost any crime that an adult can be charged with in Loveland and Fort Collins. Criminal Mischief is one of those charges. Often, kids will get into situations where they are bored or just deciding to be destructive and that destruction can have serious consequences. Whether a minor goes into a house under construction Continue Reading

Criminal Mischief, C.R.S. 18-4-501, is charged for knowingly damaging another person’s property, or damaging property that belongs to both you and another person.  Recently, an investigation was launched after several acts of Arson and Criminal Mischief took place in Fort Collins.  Within several weeks of each other, Fort Collins Police and Larimer County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to calls where Continue Reading