Trying to stop someone from making a call is charged as Obstruction of a Telephone Service in Greeley and Weld County. And this doesn’t just apply to preventing someone from calling for help or calling 9-1-1. It can be charged if you simply take the phone as your significant other is trying to call for a pizza. By grabbing the phone or doing anything to stop someone else from texting or calling another, you can be charged with this crime.
Weld County Obstruction of a Phone Service Lawyer: Definition of Telephone Obstruction in Morgan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Obstruction of a Telephone Service – C.R.S. 18-9-306.5 – is:
So, let’s say you and your girlfriend are having an argument. In an effort to annoy you, she picks up her phone and starts texting a friend. Her efforts work, and you are thoroughly annoyed, so you grab the phone in an effort to get her to pay attention to you. Your neighbors call the police because of the arguing and when the Greeley Police arrive, they question you separately about what is going on. Your girlfriend explains everything that happened, thinking that by just telling them what was going on, they will see nothing is wrong and move on. However, when your girlfriend mentions that you grabbed the phone while she was texting, you are arrested and charged with Obstruction of a Telephone Service as an act of Domestic Violence.
Domestic Violence Obstruction of a Telephone Charges in Sterling and Fort Morgan
Like in the example above, when the person you are trying to stop from calling or texting another is your current significant other, or has been in the past, then the crime is charged as an act of Domestic Violence in Greeley, Sterling and Fort Morgan. Any time an offense is alleged against someone with whom you have been in an intimate relationship, the Domestic Violence sentence enhancer will apply.