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Two men were charged for Snapchat Internet Luring of a Child after they used the social media site to communicate with an underage girl. Read more here.

Internet Luring of a Child is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of communicating online with a child (14 or younger) and inviting that child to meet. Two men in Colorado Springs were recently arrested and charged with this crime after Snapchat messages were investigated. According to the report, the men had communicated via Snapchat with an 11-year-old girl, one of them offering to pay with girl with drugs in exchange for sex. The girl claimed that she told the men she was 13 through the messages. The men did end up picking the girl up and they were also charged with Sexual Assault on a Child.

Larimer County Internet Luring of a Child Lawyer: Definition of Internet Luring of a Child in Colorado

The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Internet Luring of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-306 – is:

An actor commits internet luring of a child if the actor knowingly communicates over a computer or computer network, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message to a person who the actor knows or believes to be under fifteen years of age and, in that communication or in any subsequent communication by computer, computer network, telephone network, data network, text message, or instant message, describes explicit sexual conduct as defined in section 18-6-403 (2)(e), and, in connection with that description, makes a statement persuading or inviting the person to meet the actor for any purpose, and the actor is more than four years older than the person or than the age the actor believes the person to be.

With this charge, there doesn’t actually need to be any in person meeting to meet the elements of this statute. In fact, the statute specifically states that it is NOT a defense that the meeting did not occur. It’s about the sexual content in the communication and then the invitation or suggestion to meet that results in the Snapchat Internet Luring of a Child charge.

Sentence for Snapchat Internet Luring of a Child in Loveland and Estes Park

In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Internet Luring of a Child is a class 5 felony. However, it is aggravated to a class 4 felony if the intention of the meeting is to engage in sexual contact or sexual exploitation. This is a sex offense charge that will require registering as a sex offender.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Internet Luring of a Child, 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 initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.

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