Having contact with the intimate parts of a child less than fifteen years old is charged as Sexual Assault on a Child in Greeley and Weld County. A teacher could be facing this charge after he made a puzzling choice to bite a 14-year-old girl on the butt while she was playing water volleyball. According to the report, the teacher, who did not know the victim or her family, was drunk on the beach and did not try to hide his actions as he got into the water and swam up to the girl to bite her. If the bite had been on the leg or arm, he likely would have been charged with Assault, but because it happened on her intimate parts, he could have faced charged for Sexual Assault on a Child if this had occurred in Colorado.
Weld County Sexual Assault on a Child Lawyer: Definition of Sexual Assault on a Child in Morgan and Logan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Sexual Assault on a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-405 – is:
Sexual contact is defined as:
The key hear would be intent. If the teacher did not bite the girl for his own sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse, then it would not Sexual Assault on a Child. However, it is likely that the DA would argue that it was his intent, because what other reason would he have for biting the butt of a girl he did not know.
Sentence for Bite on the Butt Sexual Assault on a Child in Greeley and Erie
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Sexual Assault on a Child, based on the facts presented above, is a class 4 felony sex offense punishable by an indeterminate sentence to the Colorado Department of Corrections.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Sexual Assault on a Child, 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.
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