Harassment is one of the most common Domestic Violence crimes in Greeley and Weld County – and no one is immune. A state police captain was recently arrested for this crime against his wife. According to the report, the wife alleges that she feared he would shoot her and that he took her phone against her will. If this had occurred in Greeley, Erie, or Evans, the more serious charges of Menacing or Obstruction of a Telephone Service would likely be charged. However, the officer was simply charged with Harassment as an act of Domestic Violence.
Weld County Domestic Violence Harassment Attorney: Definition of the Common Charge Harassment in Morgan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Harassment – C.R.S. 18-9-111 – is:
(a) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him to physical contact; or
(b) In a public place directs obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person; or
(c) Follows a person in or about a public place; or
(e) Directly or indirectly initiates communication with a person or directs language toward another person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telephone network, data network, text message, instant message, computer, computer network, computer system, or other interactive electronic medium in a manner intended to harass or threaten bodily injury or property damage, or makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal by telephone, computer, computer network, computer system, or other interactive electronic medium that is obscene; or
(f) Makes a telephone call or causes a telephone to ring repeatedly, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate conversation; or
(g) Makes repeated communications at inconvenient hours that invade the privacy of another and interfere in the use and enjoyment of another’s home or private residence or other private property; or
(h) Repeatedly insults, taunts, challenges, or makes communications in offensively coarse language to, another in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response.
As you can see, there are many different actions that can get someone charged with Harassment – and many of those actions are vague. We have seen cases where yelling at someone results in a Harassment charge. And when the other person is someone you have been in an intimate relationship with, the Domestic Violence sentence enhancer is added.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Harassment, 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 today. Together, we can protect your future.
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