Disorderly Conduct is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County for many different reasons, and often times, alcohol is involved in some form or another. We all know that during the holiday season, people are celebrating and celebrating often includes alcohol. When alcohol is involved, sometimes things get out of hand and the result may be Disorderly Conduct charges. Let’s take a closer look at all the ways Disorderly Conduct can be charged.
Larimer County Disorderly Conduct Attorney: How is Disorderly Conduct Charged 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
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 708, § 39, effective July 1, 2000.)
(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 real or simulated firearm, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a firearm, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a firearm in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm and does alarm another person.
Some examples of Disorderly Conduct cases we have seen include:
- Leaving a bar in downtown Fort Collins and getting into a physical fight with another drunk person in the square;
- Walking home from a party and getting into a screaming match at a late hour in a quiet neighborhood with your boyfriend about a girl being flirty with him;
- Giving another bar patron the finger and yelling curse words at him after he hit on your wife.
Sentence for Disorderly Conduct Charges in Loveland, Colorado
In Loveland and Fort Collins, Disorderly Conduct is charged based on what subsection you are cited under. It is penalized as follows:
- An offense pursuant to subsection (1)(a) or (1)(c) of this section is a petty offense
- except that, if the offense is committed with intent to disrupt, impair, or interfere with a funeral, or with intent to cause severe emotional distress to a person attending a funeral, it is a class 2 misdemeanor.
- An offense pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section is a petty offense.
- An offense pursuant to subsection (1)(f) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
- An offense pursuant to subsection (1)(e) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
If you or someone you love has been 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 a free initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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