Public Indecency is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person exposes themselves and the exposure causes distress to any other person. A man recently was charged with this crime, after cops encountered him peeing on a building. According to the report, the man had been accused of pushing his girlfriend down and punching her in the chest. When police arrived on scene, they found the man behind the building, peeing on it. So, not only was the man arrested for the Domestic Violence incident, he also got charged with Public Indecency.
Fort Collins Public Indecency Attorney: Definition of Public Indecency – Peeing in Public
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Public Indecency – C.R.S. 18-7-301 – is:
(a) An act of sexual intercourse; or
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1334), ch. 359, p. 1707, § 1, effective August 11, 2010.)
(c) A lewd exposure of an intimate part as defined by section 18-3-401 (2) of the body, not including the genitals, done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of any person; or
(d) A lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person; or
(e) A knowing exposure of the person’s genitals to the view of a person under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to the other person.
When peeing is involved, it is usually charged under subsection (e). If there was an allegation that the person exposed their genitals and it was not relieve themselves, but for a sexual purpose, then it would be the more serious charge of Indecent Exposure.
Sentence for Public Indecency in Loveland and Estes Par
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Public Indecency is a class 1 petty offense. However, if it is a charge under subsection (e), like it would be for the man above, and it is a second or subsequent offense, then it is charged as a class 1 misdemeanor.