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Don’t Prevent Someone from Making a Call

Fort Collins Obstruction of a Telephone Service Attorney
Don’t Prevent Someone from Making a Call

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Preventing someone from making a call is charged as Obstruction of a Telephone Service in Greeley and Weld County.

Preventing someone from calling someone else is charged as Obstruction of a Telephone Service in Fort Collins and Larimer County. You may think it only applies when you are trying to keep someone from calling for help or calling 9-1-1, but that is not the case. A former governor’s son was recently arrested for an Assault against an acquaintance. The situation included the son taking the phone from the person he assaulted in order to prevent her from calling police. If this had occurred in Fort Collins, Loveland, or Estes Park, likely Obstruction of a Phone would have been charged, among other charges.

Larimer County Obstruction of a Phone Lawyer: Definition of Obstruction of a Telephone Service in Boulder County

The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Obstruction of a Telephone or Telegraph Service – C.R.S. 18-7-306.5 – is:

(1) A person commits obstruction of telephone or telegraph service if the person knowingly prevents, obstructs, or delays, by any means whatsoever, the sending, transmission, conveyance, or delivery in this state of any message, communication, or report by or through any telegraph or telephone line, wire, cable, or other facility or any cordless, wireless, electronic, mechanical, or other device.

This crime is often charged in relation to Domestic Violence, and it’s not usually the reason why someone calls the police. Often, something else will have happened that caused one person to contact the police. Law enforcement is very good at asking the right questions to stack the charges against the accused. They will often ask if the accused tried to stop the person from calling for help, or if they broke anything or caused any pain because those are easy things to charge.

Sentence for Obstruction of a Telephone in Loveland and Estes Park

As a class 1 misdemeanor in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Obstruction of a Telephone or Telegraph Service is punishable by 6 to 18 months in the Larimer County Jail. If it is charged as an act of Domestic Violence, there will be added requirements related to a conviction. A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a domestic violence offense must completed domestic violence treatment and will be subject to a mandatory protection order throughout the entirety of the sentence.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Obstruction of a Telephone Service, 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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