Robbery is charged in Fort Collins and Loveland when a person is accused of taking something of value from a person using force, threats, or intimidation. Robbery is considered aggravated when there are deadly weapons involved. A couple recently went on a Robbery spree, holding up nine 7-Eleven stores, a smoke shop, and two donut shops. However, in the midst of the Robbery spree, they stopped by Las Vegas to get married before continuing on. According to the report, the two men were involved in the Robberies, going into the convenience stores and pointing guns at the cashiers, demanding the money from the registers and taking wallets and valuables from those in locations. The woman waited outside in the car as the getaway driver. All three were arrested and charged with multiple crimes.
Larimer County Robbery Defense Lawyer: How is Robbery and Aggravated Robbery Charged in Colorado?
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-301 – is:
In Loveland and across Colorado, Aggravated Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-302 – is defined by Colorado law as:
(a) He is armed with a deadly weapon with intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person; or
(b) He knowingly wounds or strikes the person robbed or any other person with a deadly weapon or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation with a deadly weapon knowingly puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
(c) He has present a confederate, aiding or abetting the perpetration of the robbery, armed with a deadly weapon, with the intent, either on the part of the defendant or confederate, if resistance is offered, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person, or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
(d) He possesses any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or represents verbally or otherwise that he is then and there so armed.
Penalty for Robbery in Loveland and Fort Collins
In Loveland, Fort Collins, and across Larimer County, Robbery is a class 4 felony. If a deadly weapon is used, then it is the class 3 felony Aggravated Robbery.