In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Third Degree Assault is charged when a person causes bodily injury to another. A Denver parent was recently arrested and charged with this crime after an altercation on her child’s school bus. According to the report, the bus driver had pulled over to address some troubling behaviors amongst some of the children. Other kids began to text their parents about the ordeal. Parents began to arrive at where the bus was stopped and parents began boarding the bus without permission to get their children. A DPS employee on the bus tried to intervene and one mother began punching the employee in the face repeatedly. The employee was over 70 years old and considered at-risk, which means that the woman faces a felony instead of the misdemeanor Third Degree Assault charge.
Assault in the Third Degree in Fort Collins, Colorado: Definition of Third Degree Assault
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Assault in the Third Degree – C.R.S. 18-3-204 – is:
(a) The person knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person or with criminal negligence the person causes bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon; or
(b) The person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person whom the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service provider, causes the other person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, or toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any means, including throwing, tossing, or expelling the fluid or material.
Because the mother knowingly caused bodily injury to the elderly man when she punched him in the face.
Sentence for Third Degree Assault of Bus Employee in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Third Degree Assault is a class 1 misdemeanor extraordinary risk crime, which is punishable by 6 to 18 months in the Larimer County Jail. When the victim is an at-risk adult, then the 3rd Degree Assault charge is a class 6 felony, which is punishable by a sentence to the Colorado Department of Corrections.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Third Degree Assault, 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 a free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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