I don’t know about you, but I hate waking up early in the morning to get ready for work – especially on Monday mornings. But, I enjoy my job, so once I get over the fact that the obnoxious alarm has pulled me out of my peaceful slumber, I get up and get on with things. This morning, on my way into work, I heard a story about a man who went to some pretty extreme measures to get out of going to work. Maybe he wasn’t a morning person either. According to the new report, the man was at the subway station when he called the police to report that he had been stabbed from behind. When police arrived, they questioned him further and he admitted to stabbing himself in the hip in the subway restroom because his job caused him too much stress and he didn’t want to go in. Can you imagine thinking that stabbing yourself is less stressful than your job? Well, his plan worked, because he didn’t have to go to work, but only because he was arrested for False Reporting. Honestly, this story makes me grateful that I like my job. I can’t imagine being so desperate to avoid going to work that I would commit Fort Collins False Reporting.
Larimer County False Reporting Lawyer: What is the Definition of False Reporting to Authorities?
The Colorado law definition of False Reporting to Authorities – C.R.S. 18-8-111 – is:
(a) He or she knowingly:
(I) Causes by any means, including but not limited to activation, a false alarm of fire or other emergency or a false emergency exit alarm to sound or to be transmitted to or within an official or volunteer fire department, ambulance service, law enforcement agency, or any other government agency which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property; or
(II) Prevents by any means, including but not limited to deactivation, a legitimate fire alarm, emergency exit alarm, or other emergency alarm from sounding or from being transmitted to or within an official or volunteer fire department, ambulance service, law enforcement agency, or any other government agency that deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property; or
(b) He makes a report or knowingly causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities of a crime or other incident within their official concern when he knows that it did not occur; or
(c) He or she makes a report or knowingly causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities pretending to furnish information relating to an offense or other incident within their official concern when he or she knows that he or she has no such information or knows that the information is false; or
(d) He or she knowingly provides false identifying information to law enforcement authorities.
Based on the information provided above, if the man had stabbed himself and then reported the crime in Larimer, Boulder, or Grand County, he would have been charged with False Reporting for a violation of part (b) – reporting a crime that he knew did not happen.
Loveland False Reporting Lawyer: What is the Punishment for False Reporting?
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, False Reporting to Authorities is a class 3 misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in the Larimer County Jail and $750 in fines. However, if a person is charged for violating part (a) AND it is committed during the commission of another criminal act, then it is aggravated to a class 2 misdemeanor.