When a person is accused of having any type of sexual contact with a child who is 14 years old or younger and the person is at least 4 years older than the child, the Sex Assault on a Child is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A man was recently charged with this crime after he was accused of having a relationship with a 14-year-old. According to the report, the man had communicated with the teen online prior to going to her school to pick her up. They traveled to another location together and had sexual contact. Police were notified about the contact through social media and the man was identified and arrested. He was charged with Internet Luring of a Child, Enticement of a Child, Sexual Assault on a Child and Promotion of Obscenity to a Minor.
Larimer County Sexual Assault on a Child Attorney: Definition of Sex Assault on a Child
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Sexual Assault on a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-405 – is:
The man was 30 years old and the teen was 14, so their age difference meets the standard of the statute. “Sexual contact” means:
(b) The knowing emission or ejaculation of seminal fluid onto any body part of the victim or the clothing covering any body part of the victim; or
(c) Knowingly causing semen, blood, urine, feces, or a bodily substance to contact any body part of the victim or the clothing covering any body part of the victim if that contact with semen, blood, urine, feces, or a bodily substance is for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse.
There doesn’t need to be any penetration or intrusion in order to meet the sexual contact definition.
Sentence for Sex Assault on a Child in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Sexual assault on a child is a class 4 felony, but it is a class 3 felony if:
(b) The actor, in order to accomplish or facilitate sexual contact, threatens imminent death, serious bodily injury, extreme pain, or kidnapping against the victim or another person, and the victim believes that the actor has the present ability to execute the threat; or
(c) The actor, in order to accomplish or facilitate sexual contact, threatens retaliation by causing in the future the death or serious bodily injury, extreme pain, or kidnapping against the victim or another person, and the victim believes that the actor will execute the threat; or
(d) The actor commits the offense as a part of a pattern of sexual abuse.
Based on the information provided in the article, the man would likely be facing the class 4 felony Sex Assault on a Child charge.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Sex Assault on a Child, 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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