In Fort Collins and Larimer County, Robbery is charged when a person takes something of value from another using force, threats, or intimidation. After a recent string of robberies occurred in the Denver area, 3 men were identified and arrested. According to the report, the men were charged with 36 counts of Aggravated Robbery and other charges. They were accused of using guns to take expensive tools from at least five different stores in many difference locations.
Attorney for Robbery or Aggravated Robbery Charges in Larimer County: Definition of Armed Robbery in Colorado
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-301 – is:
The definition of Aggravated Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-302 – is:
(a) He is armed with a deadly weapon with intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person; or
(b) He knowingly wounds or strikes the person robbed or any other person with a deadly weapon or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation with a deadly weapon knowingly puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
(c) He has present a confederate, aiding or abetting the perpetration of the robbery, armed with a deadly weapon, with the intent, either on the part of the defendant or confederate, if resistance is offered, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person, or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or
(d) He possesses any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or represents verbally or otherwise that he is then and there so armed.
Because the men used guns to take the items of value, then they would be charged with the Aggravated or Armed Robbery charge.
Sentence for Armed Robbery in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Aggravated or Armed Robbery is a class 3 felony extraordinary risk crime. This level felony is punishable by 4 to 16 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $750,000 in fines.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Robbery or Armed Robbery, 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 initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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