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How Does a Car Theft Case Result in a Fort Collins Criminal Mischief Conviction?

For defense attorneys in Fort Collins and Loveland, plea deals are an incredibly useful tool in representing our clients. This allows for the defendant to get some sort of reprieve from the original potential sentence. For example, if charged with a DUI, your lawyer may work out a deal where you plead to a DWAI, where the potential jail time Continue Reading

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Criminal Mischief Investigation Underway After Flags Burned in Fort Collins

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

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Criminal Mischief Among Most Commonly Charged Crimes in Colorado

Criminal Mischief is charged at the Larimer County Courts whenever one person knowingly damages another’s property.  In Colorado, Criminal Mischief is one of the most frequently charged crimes, coming in second behind Motor Vehicle Theft and related offenses.  According to the report, Criminal Mischief and other crimes related to public peace comprised 15% of offenses charged in 2023.  Yet for Continue Reading

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Hire a Top Fort Collins Criminal Defense Lawyer Today

If you are facing Criminal Mischief charges at the Larimer County Courts, hiring a top Fort Collins criminal defense lawyer is essential.  Criminal Mischief is charged any time a person knowingly damages another person’s property.  This crime can often be charged as a misdemeanor, but can quickly become a felony if the property damage is $2,000 or more.  Below, our Continue Reading

Fort Collins Criminal Mischief and Bias-Motivated Crime
Hate Speech and Property Damage in Colorado

One way Bias-Motivated Crime is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County, when a person is accused of causing property damage to intimidate or harass someone based on race, religion, sexual orientation or disability. When property damage is involved, then Criminal Mischief is also charged. Police are currently looking for someone they believe wrote hate speech on various doors and Continue Reading

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Mayor’s Son Charged with DV Criminal Mischief

In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Criminal Mischief is charged when a person is accused of damaging the property of another. When the other person is a significant other, then the Domestic Violence (DV) sentence enhancer is added. Recently, a Colorado mayor’s son was charged with this crime after his ex-girlfriend reported a break in. According to the report, during Continue Reading

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Vandalism on Campaign Signs in Colorado

In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Criminal Mischief is charged when a person is accused of causing property damage to another’s property. As election day approaches, we are seeing more and more campaign signs scattered along the road and on light poles across the state. Recently, a candidate for county commissioner reported that some of her campaign signs had been Continue Reading

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Property Damage and a Hate Crime?

Criminal Mischief is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when someone causes property damage. When the property damage also includes racist remarks, then Bias-Motivated Crime (Hate Crime) is also charged. That’s the case for a Colorado man who is wanted for spray painting racial messages across the outside of many different businesses. The messages were aimed against Black and Continue Reading

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Furniture Store Destruction

Navigate this blog: Case Example Criminal Mischief Definition Sentence for Criminal Mischief Criminal Mischief is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of causing property damage. While motives were not shared in the article, a man and woman were recently arrested for Burglary and Criminal Mischief after causing destruction at a furniture store. According to Continue Reading