Repeatedly contacting someone that causes them to experience emotional distress is charged as Stalking in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A woman has been charged with this crime after texting a man she went on one date with 65,000 times in less than a year. She had also been caught taking a bath in his house while he was away on vacation. She had even shown up at his workplace and had to be escorted from the building multiple times. She was arrested and also faces charges for Harassment.
Larimer County Stalking Lawyer: Definition of Stalking through Texts
The Larimer and Boulder, Colorado law definition of Stalking – C.R.S. 18-3-602(1)(c) – is:
(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. For purposes of this paragraph (c), a victim need not show that he or she received professional treatment or counseling to show that he or she suffered serious emotional distress.
I think that 65,000 texts would be considered repeatedly contacting and if the victim claimed that the communications caused emotional distress, then the Stalking charge would apply.
Sentence for Stalking in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Stalking is a class 5 felony extraordinary risk crime, which is punishable by 1 to 4 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $100,000 in fines. However, if it is a second or subsequent offense occurring within seven years of the prior offense, Stalking is charged as a class 4 felony extraordinary risk crime. The class 4 felony Stalking is punishable by 2 to 8 years in DOC.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Stalking, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent and contact the best Stalking defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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