Taking something of value that doesn’t belong to you in the presence of another person is charged as Robbery in Greeley and Weld County. When a gun is involved, it is charged as Aggravated Robbery. A teen is wanted for Aggravated Robbery after using a gun to rob a 9-year-old’s lemonade stand. According to the report, the teen took under $20 in cash – which is not much money for risking ending up with a class 3 felony on your record. Not far from the stand, a camouflage hat, black BB gun, and the tin that was holding the lemonade stand money was found – meaning it likely wasn’t a real handgun that was used, but in Colorado, that doesn’t matter.
Weld County Robbery and Aggravated Robbery Lawyer: Definition of Robbery in Morgan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-301 – is:
Aggravated Robbery (as it applies to the lemonade stand Robbery) – C.R.S. 18-4-302 – is defined as:
(d) He possesses any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or represents verbally or otherwise that he is then and there so armed.
Because the teen used the BB gun as if it were a deadly weapon, and the victim was lead to believe it was a gun, the Aggravated Robbery charge would apply.
Sentence for Lemonade Stand Aggravated Robbery in Erie and Evans
As a class 3 felony extraordinary risk crime of violence in Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Aggravated Robbery is punishable by 10 to 32 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $750,000 in fines. If you ask me, that’s definitely not worth the less than $20 the teen ended up with after the whole ordeal.