In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Disorderly Conduct is charged when a person fights with another in a public place. It’s not uncommon for this crime to be charged after a bar fight. As long as both parties involved were fighting and there were no serious injuries, Disorderly Conduct charges will likely apply. A teacher was recently involved in a bar fight in another state. According to the report, the female teacher saw someone enter the bar that she didn’t like because of an unrelated criminal case and she got in the person’s face and a fight ensued.
Larimer County Disorderly Conduct Charges: Definition of Disorderly Conduct in Colorado
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.
Based on the information provided, if this had occurred in Fort Collins, Colorado, the teacher would likely be facing charges under subsection (a) or (d). The teacher had called the other woman offensive names, loudly, and it caused quite a scene, which corresponds with subsection (a). Fighting in public relates to subsection (d).
Sentence for Disorderly Conduct in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Disorderly Conduct is a petty offense or misdemeanor depending on which subsection you are charged under. For a charge under subsection (a) or (c), it is a class 1 petty offense charge. A charge under subsection (d) is a class 3 misdemeanor and a subsection (e) or (f) charge is a class 2 misdemeanor.
If you or someone you love has been ticketed for or 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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