False Imprisonment is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of confining a person without their consent. A man is currently being sought after a woman claimed that she was held in a locker room by an unknown man. According to the report, the woman claims that the man entered the locker room and when she tried to leave, he blocked her way. The woman was able to eventually lock herself inside the locker room until she heard a co-worker in the hallway. Should the man be located, he will likely be charged with False Imprisonment.
Larimer County Locker Room False Imprisonment Lawyer: Definition of False Imprisonment in Colorado
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of False Imprisonment – C.R.S. 18-3-303 – is:
In the case above, it would be argued that the man blocking the woman from leaving and keeping her in the locker room was detaining her without her consent. Often, we see these charges related to Domestic Violence, when a boyfriend or girlfriend tries to stop their loved one from leaving the room in a desperate attempt to resolve an argument.
Sentence for False Imprisonment in Locker Room in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, False Imprisonment is a class 2 misdemeanor unless certain aggravating factors are present. False Imprisonment can be charged as a class 5 felony if:
- The person uses force or threat of force to confine or detain the other person; and
- The person confines or detains the other person for twelve hours or longer; or
- The person confines or detains another person less than eighteen years of age in a locked or barricaded room under circumstances that cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress; and
- Such confinement or detention was part of a continued pattern of cruel punishment or unreasonable isolation or confinement of the child; or
- The person confines or detains another person less than eighteen years of age by means of tying, caging, chaining, or otherwise using similar physical restraints to restrict that person’s freedom of movement under circumstances that cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress.
If any of the above factors or combination of factors are present, then the class 5 felony charge would apply.