Repeatedly contacting someone and threatening them is charged as Stalking in Greeley and Weld County. A man is facing these charges after repeatedly texting and contacting his ex-girlfriend and threatening her life. According to the report, the man would contact the woman at least 200 times a day through phone, texts, and messenger even after she changed her phone number and blocked him. She didn’t report the instances until the man began to threaten her family, at which point the girl got law enforcement involved. The man was arrested and charged with Stalking as an act of Domestic Violence.
Weld County Stalking Attorney: Definition of Stalking in Morgan and Logan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Stalking – C.R.S. 18-3-602 – is:
(a) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, or places under surveillance that person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship; or
(b) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly makes any form of communication with that person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship, regardless of whether a conversation ensues; or
(c) Repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, places under surveillance, or makes any form of communication with another person, a member of that person’s immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress.
The man would likely be charged under all the subsections for threatening the woman, her family, and causing serious emotional distress.
Sentence for Stalking Domestic Violence in Erie and Evans
In Greeley, Erie, and Evan, Stalking is a class 5 felony extraordinary risk crime for a first offense and a class 4 felony extraordinary risk crime for a second or subsequent offense. This class 5 felony is punishable by 1 to 4 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. The Domestic Violence sentence enhancer would be added because the two were in an intimate relationship.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Stalking, 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 consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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