Disorderly Conduct is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person makes unreasonable noise or an offensive display in a public place. A man is facing these charges after throwing a hissy fit at the airport. According to the report, the man was in line at the gate, when he got upset and started acting out. He began throwing signs, yelling, and even took his shirt off. The kicker is that he wasn’t even at the gate for his flight. Eventually, airport security showed up and restrained the man. Needless to say, he missed his actual flight.
Larimer County Disorderly Conduct Attorney: Definition of Disorderly Conduct
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Disorderly Conduct – C.R.S. 18-9-106 – is:
(a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or
(c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or
(d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest of athletic skill; or
(e) Not being a peace officer, discharges a firearm in a public place except when engaged in lawful target practice or hunting or the ritual discharge of blank ammunition cartridges as an attendee at a funeral for a deceased person who was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; or
(f) Not being a peace officer, displays a deadly weapon, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm.
The man would likely be facing charges under subsection (a) or (c) for his airport actions.
Sentence for Airport Disorderly Conduct in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Disorderly Conduct is a class 1 petty offense for a charge under subsections (a) or (c). It is charged as a class 3 misdemeanor for a charge under subsection (d) and a class 2 misdemeanor for a charge under subsection (e) or (f).
If you or someone you love has been charged with Disorderly Conduct, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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