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Man Trying to Flee from Police Ends Up in Toxic Algae

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Man Trying to Flee from Police Ends Up in Toxic Algae

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A man is facing Vehicular Eluding and Eluding a Police Officer after jumping out of his car and into a canal full of toxic algae.

Fleeing from the police is charged as Vehicular Eluding or Eluding a Police Officer in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A man is facing these charges for trying to get away from police, but he ended up putting himself in serious danger. According to the report, police were attempting to pull the man over for speeding and when he finally stopped, he jumped out his car and into the canal. Unfortunately, the canal was full of toxic algae and then man ended up calling to the police for help. They were able to get him out and hose him off before arresting him.

Larimer County Vehicular Eluding Lawyer: Definition of Vehicular Eluding in Boulder

The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Vehicular Eluding – C.R.S. 18-9-116.5 – is:

(1) Any person who, while operating a motor vehicle, knowingly eludes or attempts to elude a peace officer also operating a motor vehicle, and who knows or reasonably should know that he or she is being pursued by said peace officer, and who operates his or her vehicle in a reckless manner, commits vehicular eluding.

This crime is a class 5 felony, unless the eluding resulted in injury to another person. If there was bodily injury, it is a class 4 felony and if there was serious bodily injury or death, it is a class 3 felony.

Eluding a Police Officer in Loveland and Estes Park

The Colorado law definition of Eluding or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer – C.R.S. 42-4-1413 – is:

Any operator of a motor vehicle who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated a state law or municipal ordinance, who has received a visual or audible signal such as a red light or a siren from a police officer driving a marked vehicle showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, or Colorado state patrol car directing the operator to bring the operator’s vehicle to a stop, and who willfully increases his or her speed or extinguishes his or her lights in an attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer, or does elude such police officer commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.

By stopping and running, the man would be facing this traffic misdemeanor.

If you or someone you love has been charged with or arrested for Eluding, 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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