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Fort Collins Disorderly Conduct Lawyer
Is Public Drunkenness a Crime in Fort Collins?

We often hear about actors, musicians, and other famous people being charged for being drunk in public. In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, public drunkenness is not actually a crime. However, there is one Colorado criminal statute that tends to coincide with drinking in public – Disorderly Conduct. Larimer County Disorderly Conduct Attorney: What is the Definition of Disorderly Continue Reading

Failure to Register as a Sex Offender in Fort Collins
Compliance Checks a Part of Sex Offender Registration

Failure to Register is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person fails to comply with all sex offender registration requirements. One of those requirements is keeping your physical address on record with the agency you are supposed to register with. These law enforcement agencies will randomly perform compliance checks to verify that the address the person registered Continue Reading

Fort Collins Patronizing a Prostitute & Soliciting for Prostitution
What is the Legal Difference in Larimer County?

Fort Collins Police are famous for their prostitution stings.  While these stings used to occur on street corners with undercover female officers, now most stings are handled over the internet. Officers communicate online with men willing to pay for a hookup, set up a time and place to meet, and the men are met with handcuffs. Two criminal charges commonly Continue Reading

Fort Collins Forgery Defense Attorney
Teacher Falsified Training Certificates

In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Forgery is charged when a person falsifies a document of any kind with the intent to use the falsified document to defraud. A teacher is facing this crime after he allegedly falsified training certificates and submitted them to the school, having not actually attended the trainings. According to the report, another school staff member Continue Reading

Fort Collins Unlawfully Carrying a Concealed Weapon Attorney
What Happens When the Law Creates Contradictions?

Unlawfully Carrying a Concealed Weapon is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of carrying a firearm or knife on their person without legal authority. There are some exceptions to the general language of the statute, but, what happens when things contradict each other? That’s the conundrum the Denver Police and Colorado State Patrol are Continue Reading