Menacing is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of placing another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. A Colorado man was recently arrested and charged with this crime after he made a bomb threat at a Walmart. According to the report, the man walked into Walmart on New Year’s Eve and made statements about setting up explosives and setting them off in the store. He allegedly made other threatening statements. When law enforcement arrived on scene, they were able to get the man to meet with them in person and take him into custody. He was charged with Menacing and Theft.
Larimer County Menacing Attorney: Definition of Menacing for Bomb Threat in Colorado
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Menacing – C.R.S. 18-3-206 – is:
(a) By the use of a deadly weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon; or
(b) By the person representing verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon.
A bomb threat, if taken seriously, would likely put a person in fear of being harmed. And, in the case above, a bomb would definitely be considered a deadly weapon. So, the man was charged with the felony level Menacing.
Sentence for Felony Menacing in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park, Menacing with a deadly weapon is a class 5 felony. This level felony is punishable by 1 to 3 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $100,000 in fines.