Disorderly Conduct is charged for various reasons in Fort Collins and Loveland. One of those reasons is fighting in public. Recently, a man who was found unconscious by law enforcement was charged with the crime of Disorderly Conduct. According to the report, the officers approached the man and saw a large cut on his head and blood on his face. Witnesses nearby explained what happened and showed video footage of the incident. Three men were pushing each other. One of the men punched the now unconscious man on the head with a closed fist. He fell forward into the street and was unconscious. The other men were located and claimed they hit him in self-defense. It was not noted if they were charged, but the unconscious man was taken to the hospital and woke up with a Disorderly Conduct charge to face.
Larimer County Disorderly Conduct Defense Attorney: 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
(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.
If this had occurred in Colorado, the man would have been charged under subsection (d), fighting with another in public.
Penalty for Disorderly Conduct in Loveland
In Loveland and Fort Collins, Disorderly Conduct is charged based on the subsection the person is cited under. For a charge under subsection (a) or (c), it is a petty offense unless related to disrupting a funeral. Then it is a class 2 misdemeanor. For a charge under subsection (d), it is a petty offense. Subsection (f) would lead to a class 2 misdemeanor charge. A charge for subsection (e) is a class 1 misdemeanor. Related to the case above, the petty offense fighting in public is punishable by up to 10 days in the Larimer County Jail.
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. Together, we can protect your future.
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