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
Category: Police Involved Crimes
Resisting Arrest Attorney in Fort Collins Traffic Ticket Turns into Misdemeanor Resisting Arrest
Resisting Arrest is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of not complying with lawful orders while being arrested. A teenager was recently charged with this crime after he was not cooperative during a traffic stop. According to the report, a Greeley police officer saw the teen run a stop sign. He decided to pull 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
Fort Collins Resisting Arrest Attorney Resisting Arrest is Always an Added Charge
Resisting Arrest is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person tries to keep a police officer from arresting them. This crime is ALWAYS a secondary charge – meaning the person was being charged with another crime and then picks up the Resisting Arrest charge. I mean, by definition, you must already be under arrest to resist an 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 Impersonating a Peace Officer Attorney Man in Police Uniform and Patrol Car Arrested After Road Rage Incident
Impersonating a Peace Officer is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person pretends to be a police officer and does something that only a police officer can do. A man was recently alleged to have committed this crime after a road rage incident was reported. According to the report, the Colorado State Patrol received and responded to 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
Resisting Arrest Lawyer in Larimer County Resisting Arrest – When Things Go Bad
Resisting Arrest is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person tries to keep an officer from arresting him or her using threats, physical force or violence against the officer. Resisting Arrest is ALWAYS an additional charge. This is because the Fort Collins Police or Larimer County Sheriff have to have a reason to arrest you before you 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
Fort Collins Resisting Arrest Lawyer Resisting and Obstruction – Two Crimes Commonly Charged Together
Resisting and Obstruction are two officer related crimes that are often charge together. Basically, this is because by trying to avoid arrest (Resisting Arrest), a person is usually accused of trying to prevent an officer from performing their duties (Obstructing a Peace Officer). A drunk man was recently charged with both these crimes, among others, when he tried to break Continue Reading