Repeatedly following someone and causing them serious emotional distress is charged as Stalking in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A man is being sought after being accused of similar acts after a woman reported her house was broken into. According to the report, a man illegally entered a woman’s house while she was not home and left a note that said, “I’ve been watching you.” He also used the woman’s camera to take naked pictures of himself and left a used condom in her home. The man took some of the woman’s possessions and police were able to gather some DNA evidence. If the man is caught, he may be charged with Stalking.
Stalking Attorney in Larimer County: Definition of Stalking Including a Threatening Letter in Boulder
The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Stalking – C.R.S. 18-3-602 – is:
(a) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, or places under surveillance that person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship; or
(b) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly makes any form of communication with that person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship, regardless of whether a conversation ensues; or
(c) Repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, places under surveillance, or makes any form of communication with another person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress and does cause that person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship to suffer serious emotional distress.
I think the question would lie with the term ‘repeatedly.’ While the note claims that the man had been watching the woman, there would likely have to be some proof that the actions occurred more than once to meet that part of the statute. If caught, the man would definitely be charged for Burglary, but could also be facing the Stalking charge as well.