Not cooperating with police officers when they are trying to arrest you is charged as Resisting Arrest in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A man was recently charged with this crime, along with Assault on a Police Officer and Public Indecency after a drunken escapade went very wrong. According to the report, the drunk man went to Burger King, only to find Continue Reading
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Fort Collins Resisting Arrest Attorney | When You Call Police for Help and End Up in Handcuffs
You would be shocked how many people come into our Fort Collins office facing criminal charges after they were the ones who called the police for help. It happens all the time. People reach out to the Larimer County Sheriff or Fort Collins Police Department asking for help with an escalated situation and the responding officers end up getting it 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
Leave the Easter Resurrection to Jesus | Criminal Mischief in Larimer County
Most people know the story of the Resurrection. Jesus was hung on the cross and killed, buried in a tomb, and three days later he rose from the dead. Well, apparently one man felt he could help others who had passed rise from the dead on Easter, as well. To accomplish this, he allegedly damaged more than 30 headstones with Continue Reading
A Very Poorly Planned Robbery | Resisting Arrest in Fort Collins
When a drunk man got into a taxi and asked the driver to take him to a bank, I’m pretty sure this cab driver had no idea what he was getting himself into. When they pulled up to the bank, the man told the cab driver he would take care of the $25.50 bill when he was done in the Continue Reading
Can You Go to Jail for Paying a Bill? |Trespass and Resisting Arrest in Fort Collins
When offering the state money, you would think they would graciously accept and then everyone could move on with their day. I don’t know if this man from another state was trying to make a point, or if he was really just trying to pay his bill with what he had, but it ended up landing him in jail. The Continue Reading