Causing bodily injury or serious bodily injury to another person is charged as Assault in Greeley and Weld County. If the person assaulted is a peace officer, then Second Degree Assault is usually what is charged. A woman is facing this crime after putting up a fight with some officers when they tried to arrest her. According to the report, the woman had hit a teenager repeatedly at a community pool as she was trying to force the group out. The incident was caught on video and presented to the police, who found the woman to arrest her. She did not take it well and ended up pushing one officer, causing a knee injury, and biting another, breaking the skin. She was charged with Assault on a Peace Officer – Second Degree Assault.
Weld County Assault in the Second Degree Attorney: Definition of Assault on a Police Officer
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Assault in the Second Degree, as it relates to Assault on a Peace Officer – C.R.S. 18-3-203(1)(c),(c.5) – is:
(c) With intent to prevent one whom he or she knows, or should know, to be a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical care provider, or emergency medical service provider from performing a lawful duty, he or she intentionally causes bodily injury to any person; or
(c.5) With intent to prevent one whom he or she knows, or should know, to be a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical service provider from performing a lawful duty, he or she intentionally causes serious bodily injury to any person;
Depending on how the injuries are classified, the woman could be charged for causing bodily injury or serious bodily injury to either officer.
Sentence for Assault on a Peace Officer in Firestone and Johnstown
If the injuries were considered bodily injury only, then the woman would be facing a class 4 felony crime of violence, punishable by 5 to 16 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. A charge under subsection (c) does not carry a mandatory sentence to DOC. For serious bodily injury, the charge would be a class 3 felony with a mandatory sentence to DOC of 10 to 32 years in DOC.
If you or someone you love has been arrested for Assault on a Peace Officer, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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