Fort Collins Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon Attorney
Woman Arrested for Having Samurai Swords on School Grounds

A woman was charged with Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon on School Grounds after getting caught at a school with samurai swords and knives. Read more here.

Having a deadly weapon on school grounds is charged as Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon or Unlawful Possession of Weapons on School, College, or University Grounds in Fort Collins and Larimer County. A woman was recently arrested for this crime in Colorado Springs after she was found on school grounds with samurai swords and knives. According to the report, the school had reported that a woman was laying on the ground with large samurai swords on her and knives around her. Police responded and the woman was arrested. If the woman had used the weapons to threaten anyone, she would be facing Interference with a School charges as well, but since there was no threat involved, she is facing the Unlawful Possession of Weapons on School Grounds.

Larimer County Unlawful Possession of Weapons Lawyer: Definition of Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon

The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon / Unlawful Possession of Weapons on School, College, or University Grounds – C.R.S. 18-12-105.5 – is:

A person commits a class 6 felony if such person knowingly and unlawfully and without legal authority carries, brings, or has in such person’s possession a deadly weapon as defined in section 18-1-901 (3)(e) in or on the real estate and all improvements erected thereon of any public or private elementary, middle, junior high, high, or vocational school or any public or private college, university, or seminary, except for the purpose of presenting an authorized public demonstration or exhibition pursuant to instruction in conjunction with an organized school or class, for the purpose of carrying out the necessary duties and functions of an employee of an educational institution that require the use of a deadly weapon, or for the purpose of participation in an authorized extracurricular activity or on an athletic team.

Because the woman had no legitimate business for being on the school grounds and she had deadly weapons with her, she was charged with this felony crime.

Sentence for Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon on School Grounds in Fort Collins

In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon on School Grounds is a class 6 felony, which is punishable by 12 to 18 months in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $100,000 in fines.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon on School Grounds, 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 consultation. Together, we can protect your future.

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