Fighting in a public place is charged as Disorderly Conduct in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A group of adults were each recently given a summons for this crime after a brawl broke out at a little league baseball game. According to the report, 11 adults were cited for Disorderly Conduct after the parents and coaches disagreed with the 13-year-old umpire’s decision at the game between two teams of 7-year-olds. Someone not participating in the fight took video of the situation and police used that video to identify those involved. Sadly, the league cancelled the rest of the games for the season for both of the baseball teams.
Fort Collins Disorderly Conduct Lawyer: Definition of Disorderly Conduct for Little League Brawl
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Disorderly Conduct – C.R.S. 18-9-106 – is:
(a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or
(c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or
(d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest of athletic skill; or
(e) Not being a peace officer, discharges a firearm in a public place except when engaged in lawful target practice or hunting or the ritual discharge of blank ammunition cartridges as an attendee at a funeral for a deceased person who was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; or
(f) Not being a peace officer, displays a deadly weapon, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm.
The situation above would be charged under subsection (d).
Sentence for Disorderly Conduct in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park, Disorderly Conduct is charged as follows:
- Class 1 petty offense for a charge under subsection (a) or (c);
- Class 2 misdemeanor for a charge under subsection (a) or (c) if the intent was to interfere or disrupt a funeral;
- Class 3 misdemeanor for a charge under subsection (d);
- Class 2 misdemeanor for a charge under subsection (e) or (f).
A little league brawl would result in class 3 misdemeanors, which are punishable by up to 6 months in the Larimer County Jail.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Disorderly Conduct, 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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