In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Obstructing a Peace Officer is charged when law enforcement accuses someone of interfering and hindering with an investigation. A man was recently charged and went to trial for Obstruction after he live streamed the aftermath of the King Soopers shooting in Boulder. According to the article, the man had just left the store when Continue Reading
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Fort Collins Obstructing a Peace Officer Defense Attorney Desperation Leads to Obstruction Charges
Obstructing a Peace Officer, Firefighter, or Emergency Medical Service Provider is charged in Fort Collins when a person is accused of trying to impair or hinder one of the above listed people from doing their job. Sometimes, though, desperate times call for desperate measures, right? At least that’s how it seemed for one Colorado man, who was distraught about being Continue Reading
Obstructing a Peace Officer in Fort Collins County Clerk Charged for Interfering with Search Warrant
Obstructing a Peace Officer is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of physically attempting to stop an officer from doing their job. A Colorado county clerk, who has been making headlines for her alleged illegal actions was arrested and charged again for interfering in an investigation. According to the report, the clerk physically tried Continue Reading
Obstructing a Peace Officer in Fort Collins and Loveland
It is easy to be charged with Obstructing a Peace Officer in Larimer County. All it takes is for a police officer to believe you are interfering with them while they are performing their duty. This statute sounds like a wise way to protect law enforcement throughout Colorado. Unfortunately, the police often abuse this law by overcharging it. Let’s look Continue Reading
Fort Collins Obstructing a Peace Officer Attorney Deaf Man Arrested and Charged with Assault, Resisting and Obstructing – the Police Trifecta
Obstructing a Peace Office, Resisting Arrest, and Assault on a Police Officer is a trifecta the police love charging in Fort Collins and Larimer County. No one knows this better than a deaf man who was arrested a tased while being taken into custody, all because he wasn’t responding the way the officers wanted. News flash – he wasn’t responding Continue Reading
Obstructing a Peace Officer Attorney in Fort Collins Can an Officer Obstruct an Officer?
Obstructing a Peace Officer is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of using or threatening to use physical force to keep a police officer from doing his or her job. Recently, an Aurora police sergeant was arrested and charged with Obstruction after he had an interaction with Denver Police. According to the report, the Continue Reading
Fort Collins Obstructing a Police Officer Attorney Grabbing an Officer’s Gun is a Physical Interference
Obstructing a Police Officer is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person uses physical force against an officer to keep them from doing their job. Often, we see these charges as an add on when peace officers just want to make things worse for the client. They claim the person resisted while being arrested and tack on Continue Reading
Is Silence Obstruction of a Peace Officer in Larimer County?
Obstruction of a Police Officer is charged in Larimer County when a person impairs, obstructs, or hinders a police officer from preserving the peace or enforcing the law by threatening to use, or using violence, physical interference, or an obstacle. The definition of this offense is very vague, and often results in the rights of good people being infringed. Right Continue Reading
Obstructing a Peace Officer in Larimer County Is Taking a Video of an Officer Obstruction?
Peace officer Obstruction is an easily charged crime in Fort Collins and Larimer County. This is because it leaves the discretion to the actual officer as to what conduct constitutes obstructing, impairing, or hindering. A reporter covering a protest was recently arrested and charged with Obstruction of a Peace Officer after the officer claimed she never identified herself as a Continue Reading
Fort Collins Obstructing a Police Officer Obstructing a Peace Officer: Another Protest Related Charge
Obstructing a Peace Officer is charged in Larimer County and Fort Collins when a person uses or threatens to use force to keep an officer from doing his or her job. Recently in the news, we have seen many videos and pictures of protests, some of which show officers doing things like pushing people down when they get in their Continue Reading