A person will be looking for a False Imprisonment lawyer if they were charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County for keeping someone in a place without their consent. A man was recently arrested on an active warrant after a routine traffic stop. According to the report, the man was accused of detaining a person and damaging their property. In Colorado, simply blocking a doorway can be considered False Imprisonment. It doesn’t have to be locking someone in a room or tying them up to keep them somewhere.
Larimer County False Imprisonment Lawyer: Definition of False Imprisonment in Colorado
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of False Imprisonment – C.R.S. 18-3-303 – is:
Again, confining or detaining a person does not have to be a violent or physical attack. Instead it can be holding the person back, keeping them from leaving a room, or putting an arm across the doorway.
Sentence for False Imprisonment in Loveland and Estes Park
According to Colorado law, in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, False Imprisonment is a class 2 misdemeanor unless there are aggravators in the case. These aggravators include:
- Using force or threat of force to confine or detain the other person; and
- The person confines or detains the other person for twelve hours or longer; or
- The person confines or detains another person less than eighteen years of age in a locked or barricaded room under circumstances that cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress; and
- Such confinement or detention was part of a continued pattern of cruel punishment or unreasonable isolation or confinement of the child; or
- The person confines or detains another person less than eighteen years of age by means of tying, caging, chaining, or otherwise using similar physical restraints to restrict that person’s freedom of movement under circumstances that cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress.
If the above aggravators apply, then the False Imprisonment is a class 5 felony.
If you or someone you love has been charged with False Imprisonment, 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 initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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