Disorderly Conduct is a commonly charged crime in Greeley and Weld County. There are many different actions that can result in a Disorderly Conduct ticket or arrest. Let’s look at the different ways a person can be charged with this crime.
Weld County Disorderly Conduct Attorney: Definition of Disorderly Conduct in Colorado
The Weld County, Colorado law definition of Disorderly Conduct – C.R.S. 18-9-106 – is:
(a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 708, § 39, effective July 1, 2000.)
(c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or
(d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest of athletic skill; or
(e) Not being a peace officer, discharges a firearm in a public place except when engaged in lawful target practice or hunting or the ritual discharge of blank ammunition cartridges as an attendee at a funeral for a deceased person who was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; or
(f) Not being a peace officer, displays a real or simulated firearm, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a firearm, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a firearm in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm and does alarm another person.
Penalty for Disorderly Conduct in Milliken and Johnstown
In Milliken, Johnstown, and across Weld County, Disorderly Conduct is charged based on the subsection a person is charged under. For a charged under subsection (a) or (c), it is a petty offense (unless it is with the intent to interrupt a funeral, then it is a class 2 misdemeanor). A charge under subsection (d) is also a petty offense. A charge under subsection (f) is a class 2 misdemeanor, while a charge under subsection (e) is a class 1 misdemeanor.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Disorderly Conduct, 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 a free initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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