In Arapahoe, Douglas and Denver County, people charged with burglary are accused of going inside a structure with the intent to commit a crime. This can involve a house, a business or even a locked container. The element of this crime are what separate it from the...
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Month: June 2013
Burglary Essentials from a Denver Lawyer, Part 1
In Jefferson, Adams, and Broomfield County, men and women charged with burglary are accused of unlawfully entering a home, business, facility or locked structure with the intent to commit a crime. This crime element is what separates this crime from simply...
Theft, C.R.S. 18-4-401: Denver Lawyers Who Can Help
Felony and misdemeanor Theft cases under Colorado law (C.R.S. 18-4-401) can be very difficult to maneuver through the legal system and require the help of an experienced Denver area criminal Lawyer. Police detectives in Aurora, Lakewood, and Denver are often quick to...
Child Abuse & Assault by Pepper Spray, C.R.S. 18-6-401
Colorado Springs police were recently searching for a man who is accused of assaulting (C.R.S. 18-3-204) a group of children who were bullying his son. The man allegedly sprayed four juveniles with pepper spray, yelled obscenities at them, and chastised them for...
Protection / Restraining Orders Used as Revenge & Control Tools
Protection / Restraining Orders issued by courts are supposed to be used to preserve the peace and protect victims of crimes. In today's world, however, we see people using them to get the upper hand on ex-spouses, ex-boyfriends and neighbors. Regrettably, courts are...
Theft Detection Devices, C.R.S. 18-4-417 – Denver Attorney
The Theft Detection Devices statute in Colorado (C.R.S. 18-4-417) is complex and requires the help of an experienced attorney to fight alleged charges. This law works to cover almost any device that can be used to help facilitate Shoplifting or Theft (C.R.S....
District Attorneys as Prosecutors Have Special Responsibilities
You may not always know it when seeing them in court, but District Attorneys have special rules regulating their conduct in a felony or misdemeanor case, like Forgery, C.R.S. 18-5-102, in Denver, Arapahoe and Jefferson County. If they violate these rules, a prosecutor...
Denver Sex Offender Registration / Deregistration – Overboard
If we were talking about monitoring men and women who have grabbed strangers and raped or molested them in a violent way, I'd not be so upset over Colorado Sex Offender Registration / Deregistration laws, including those related to Failure to Register. But that is not...
Second Degree Kidnapping with Domestic Violence
The crime of Second Degree Kidnapping sounds terrible - like something you'd only see on television. Yet, did you know the District Attorneys in Arapahoe, Douglas and Denver County charge this crime when a man pushes or pulls his girlfriend from one room to another...
Disorderly Conduct, C.R.S. 18-9-106 – Colorado Neighbor Disputes
A Commerce City man was charged with Disorderly Conduct (C.R.S. 18-9-106) and having a dog at large after he allegedly threatened his neighbor with a shovel. Apparently one neighbor was shoveling snow this winter when his neighbor's dog came running out towards him....