Kidnapping is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person takes another from one place to another without consent. A professor who worked as an Uber Driver when he wasn’t teaching was recently charged with this crime after hitting on some passengers and driving them away from their destination. According to the report, the professor had picked up two women who had requested an Uber in the early morning hours. He began telling them how good they looked and stated that he wanted to get with them. He then drove them away from their destination. The women were able to get out through the back of the car and called the police immediately.
Larimer County Second Degree Kidnapping Lawyer: Definition of Uber Driver Kidnapping in Boulder
The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Second Degree Kidnapping – C.R.S. 18-3-302 – is:
(2) Any person who takes, entices, or decoys away any child not his own under the age of eighteen years with intent to keep or conceal the child from his parent or guardian or with intent to sell, trade, or barter such child for consideration commits second degree kidnapping.
The professor would likely be facing two charges under subsection (1) for taking the women away from where they wanted to be dropped off.
Sentence for Second Degree Kidnapping in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park, Second Degree Kidnapping is a class 4 felony, which is punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $500,000 in fines. Kidnapping can be charged as an even more serious felony if a deadly weapon is used to commit the Kidnapping or if the person kidnapped is a victim of a sex offense or Robbery.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Second Degree Kidnapping, 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 consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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