Theft is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person takes something from another with the intention of never giving it back. A man is likely facing Theft charges, and possibly False Reporting, after he claimed to be the victim of Burglary. According to the report, the man had called 911 to report that someone was in his home. When police arrived, the man was found unresponsive and was taken to the hospital. No suspect was found and later the man admitted to police that he had faked the Burglary. Through investigation it was discovered that he faked the Burglary in order to cover up the Theft of his daughter’s Girl Scout cookie money. The Girl Scouts have reported that $740 is missing. That’s a lot of cookies!
Fort Collins Theft Attorney: Definition of Cover Up Theft in Larimer and Boulder County
The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Theft – C.R.S. 18-4-401 – is:
(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.
It could be argued that by staging the Burglary, the man took the money and intended to keep it, with the hopes that the Burglary would explain its absence.
Sentence for Theft in Loveland and Estes Park
Since the alleged amount taken was $740, the man would be facing a class 2 misdemeanor Theft charge 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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