Sexual Assault on a Child is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County, Colorado when a person is accused of having sexual contact with someone who is 14 years old or younger and the accused is four or more years older. A man was recently arrested and charged with Sexual Assault on a Child after a traffic stop turned into an investigation. According to the report, the man was pulled over and found with two juvenile runaways in his vehicle. One of the girls reported that she had sexual contact with the driver, who was 24 years old. Instead of getting a traffic ticket, the man was arrested and charged with Sexual Assault on a Child.
Sexual Assault on a Child Lawyer in Larimer County: Colorado Law 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:
While the girls ages were not disclosed in the article, they must have been under the age of fifteen in order for the man to be charged with this crime.
Sentence for Sexual Assault on a Child in Loveland and Estes Park
Sexual Assault on a Child is a felony crime in Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park. It is charged as follows:
- The actor applies force against the victim in order to accomplish or facilitate sexual contact; or
- 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
- 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
- The actor commits the offense as a part of a pattern of sexual abuse as described in subsection (1) of this section. No specific date or time must be alleged for the pattern of sexual abuse; except that the acts constituting the pattern of sexual abuse, whether charged in the information or indictment or committed prior to or at any time after the offense charged in the information or indictment, shall be subject to the provisions of section 16-5-401 (1)(a), concerning sex offenses against children. The offense charged in the information or indictment shall constitute one of the incidents of sexual contact involving a child necessary to form a pattern of sexual abuse as defined in section 18-3-401 (2.5). Prosecution for any incident of sexual contact constituting the offense or any incident of sexual contact constituting the pattern of sexual abuse may be commenced and charged in an information or indictment in a county where at least one of the incidents occurred or in a county where an act in furtherance of the offense was committed.
Based on the specifics of the crime, Sex Assault on a Child can be charged as a class 4 or class 3 felony. Either level felony crime is subject to indeterminate sentencing, which means the judge will set a minimum amount of time the person will serve in prison, but they can be kept for up to life.
If you or someone you love has been charged with or is being accused of Sexual Assault on a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys form the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free initial consultation or set up a jail visit to the LARIMER COUNTY JAIL. Together, we can protect your future.
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