In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Colorado, Harassment can be charged for many different reasons. One of those reasons includes following someone around a public place. Three women recently reported that a man with no arms was following them (at different times) around a store. The man was accused of making the women very uncomfortable, as he repeatedly asked if he could massage their feet while they were shopping. The man was identified and charged with multiple counts of Harassment.
Larimer County Harassment Lawyer: Definition of Harassment in Colorado
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Harassment – C.R.S. 18-9-111 – is:
(a) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him to physical contact; or
(b) In a public place directs obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person; or
(c) Follows a person in or about a public place; or
(d) Repealed.
(e) Directly or indirectly initiates communication with a person or directs language toward another person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telephone network, data network, text message, instant message, computer, computer network, computer system, or other interactive electronic medium in a manner intended to harass or threaten bodily injury or property damage, or makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal by telephone, computer, computer network, computer system, or other interactive electronic medium that is obscene; or
(f) Makes a telephone call or causes a telephone to ring repeatedly, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate conversation; or
(g) Makes repeated communications at inconvenient hours that invade the privacy of another and interfere in the use and enjoyment of another’s home or private residence or other private property; or
(h) Repeatedly insults, taunts, challenges, or makes communications in offensively coarse language to, another in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response.
Had this occurred in Loveland, Fort Collins, or Estes Park, the man would likely have been charged under subsection (c).
Sentence for Following Someone in Public Harassment in Loveland and Estes Park
Harassment is a class 3 misdemeanor in Fort Collins and Loveland. This level misdemeanor is punishable by up to 6 months in the Larimer County Jail.