Escape and Aiding Escape are offenses in Colorado that involve someone fleeing police confinement. If a person aids another in escaping custody, they can also face a significant charge. The penalties for these crimes are vast, as they depend on the underlying criminal...
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Escape Lawyer in Jefferson and Arapahoe County, Colorado
C.R.S. 18-8-208 Lawyer for Escape and Aiding in Escape Charges Escape does not always mean breaking out of a secure jail or prison in Arapahoe County. It can be charged for simply not returning to a Community Corrections facility, Work Release or leaving a police...
Escape Lawyer in Aurora and Arapahoe County | Facebook Bragger Blew It
Lawyer for Escape Charges in Arapahoe County, Centennial and Littleton Bragging about an Escape on Facebook is a bad idea. Believe it or not, police have heard of Facebook and know how to use it. A man recently climbed a razor wire fence and escaped from prison. He...
Escape from DOC While Serving an 18 Year Life Sentence
When Serving an Eighteen Year Sentence Becomes a Life Sentence Today, I read a story about a man in southern Colorado, near Pueblo, who was in the Department of Corrections prison system in Trinidad, serving an 18 year sentence. He had been released with a work crew,...
Denver Deputy Provides Escape Assistance
The Denver Sheriff's Department is embarrassed that one of its own helped an inmate with an extensive criminal history escape the new Denver County Jail. That jail had previously had the fine distinction of no escapes. The Deputy who aided the escape provided the...
Colorado Escape – NOT Just for Breaking Out – C.R.S. 18-8-208
Many people are learning the hard way in Denver, Adams and Douglas County, Colorado, that Escape, C.R.S. 18-8-208, does not just involve sneaking out of a jail or prison. It is much broader. A good example is the person on work release who fails to return at night to...
Colorado Escape, C.R.S. 18-8-208
It isn't every day people call our office with Escape (C.R.S. 18-8-208) charges. However, in the past week we received two such calls. One was from a person charged with Escape in Arapahoe County and one from a person with Jefferson County Escape charges. These calls...