A man with nine DUI offenses under his belt was pulled over in another state for the tenth time. When the police asked him about the alcohol on his breath, his response was to blame the beer battered fish he had eaten. While the officer believed he had eaten beer battered fish, he did not accept that as the reason Continue Reading
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False Reporting to the Police: What Not to Do
What would you do if you knew the police were outside your house waiting for you? Well, a man from another state was faced with exactly that situation, only he didn’t handle it so well. He thought the best way to evade the police was to call in a bomb threat to a neighborhood elementary school. Believing this would divert Continue Reading
Teen Gets Charged As Adult in Adams County for Homicide
In early December, a fatal shooting in Westminster Park killed one man and wounded another. The alleged shooter is a 16-year-old, who is being charged as an adult. He is facing Second Degree Murder and First Degree Assault among other charges. So, how is it that a teen can be charged and tried as an adult? The legal proceedings are under Continue Reading
Naked in Grocery Store Parking Lot | Public Indecency Lawyer
Police were dispatched to a Colorado King Soopers last week when a call came in about a man running around the grocery store parking lot naked. When police arrived, the man was acting with ‘excited delirium’ and was naked from the waist down. He was arrested because the officers felt concern for the public’s safety. While the news article does Continue Reading
Skipping Church is Never a Good Idea | Child Abuse in Fort Collins
We all know kids like to wander. And given the opportunity, they always choose play over obligations. Well, one son’s tendency to wander and play got his father arrested. His father, from another state, is being charged with Child Endangerment after his 8 year old son skipped church to play. The boy was supposed to get on the church bus Continue Reading
Alleged Rape Victim Becomes the Accused | Larimer County Lawyer
Last year, a Fort Collins woman accused her co-worker of kidnapping and violently sexually assaulting her. The co-worker, in an incredibly emotional police interview, claimed he was friends with the victim, and they had consensual sex. Lucky for the accused co-worker, the woman, who was engaged at the time, was inconsistent in her story with the police. The police explained Continue Reading
Man Uses Make My Day Law to Defend Against Assault Charges
A man in Cortez, Colorado was recently acquitted of Assault on a Peace Officer charges using the Make My Day law. According to the news report, the man allegedly assaulted the police officer when he was being arrested. He was accused of stabbing the officer, but reported injuries were not serious. The defendant used the ‘Make My Day’ law to Continue Reading
Revenge Porn and Domestic Violence in Larimer County
In a newly enacted law, a man in another state was convicted of “revenge porn.” He posted naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on her employer’s Facebook page. While he did use an alias, it was proven that he posted the pictures and commented on them calling her “drunk” and a “slut.” He also suggested the company should fire her. He Continue Reading
For Some, Thanksgiving is a Very Serious Meal | Domestic Violence Assault
A woman from another state allegedly woke up after sleeping off her drunkenness, and stabbed her boyfriend for starting to eat Thanksgiving dinner without her. She supposedly chased him around the dining room, eventually stabbing him in the chest and then throwing the knife at him, which hit him right below the eye. The boyfriend was hospitalized and the woman Continue Reading
Larimer County Man Accused of Multiple Assaults
For the past few months, women in Larimer County and Fort Collins have been warned about a man who was assaulting women near Colorado State University campus. There were nine reported assault incidents happening between September and November. As of late November, a man has been arrested for this series of assaults. Initially, this Fort Collins man was arrested for Continue Reading