Fort Collins Theft Attorney
The Extreme Power of the Girl Scout Cookie

A woman was charged with Theft after ordering and collecting $1,600 worth of Girl Scout cookies, but never paying for them. Read more about this story here.

Theft in Fort Collins and Larimer County is taking something that doesn’t belong to you with the intention of never giving it back. But, what if the item is freely given to you? Doesn’t it technically belong to you then? That seems to be the question related to a woman’s non-payment of her girl scout cookie order. According to the report, the woman was charged with Theft after over $1,600 worth of Girl Scout cookies were ordered and delivered, but payment was never received. Would Theft be the appropriate charge if this had occurred in Northern Colorado? Let’s find out.

Larimer County Theft Lawyer: Definition of Theft of Girl Scout Cookies in Boulder County

The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Theft – C.R.S. 18-4-401 – is:

A person commits theft when he or she knowingly obtains, retains, or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization or by threat or deception; or receives, loans money by pawn or pledge on, or disposes of anything of value or belonging to another that he or she knows or believes to have been stolen, and:

(a)  Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;

(b)  Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;

(c)  Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;

(d)  Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person; or

(e)  Knowingly retains the thing of value more than seventy-two hours after the agreed-upon time of return in any lease or hire agreement.

Basically, the woman could be charged with Theft, because by ordering the cookies and not paying, she was deceiving the Girl Scouts into providing her with the items of value with the intention of not paying for them. I mean, they tried to get payment for 6 months, so I think it’s safe to say the woman had no intention of paying. Because the Theft was less than $2,000, the woman would be facing a misdemeanor charge if this had occurred in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Theft, 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 today. Together, we can protect your future.

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