Criminal Impersonation is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person uses someone else’s identity to commit a crime or avoid trouble. A woman was recently charged with Criminal Impersonation after she gave a false name while being questioned for Shoplifting. According to the report, the woman provided her name, only when the officers looked it up, she had spelled it wrong. After the woman was fingerprinted, it was proven that she was, in fact, someone else. After posting bond, the woman was pulled over for speeding and AGAIN provided the false identity to get out of the ticket, this time using the other woman’s ID, which had been stolen from her car a few years ago.
Greeley Criminal Impersonation Attorney: Definition of Criminal Impersonation in Weld County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Criminal Impersonation – C.R.S. 18-5-113(1)(b) – is:
(b) Assumes a false or fictitious identity or capacity, legal or other, and in such identity or capacity he or she:
(I) Performs an act that, if done by the person falsely impersonated, might subject such person to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty; or
(II) Performs any other act with intent to unlawfully gain a benefit for himself, herself, or another or to injure or defraud another.
Because the woman used the false identity to try and get out of getting in trouble for both a traffic violation and a Shoplifting charge, she is facing the Criminal Impersonation charge.
Sentence for Criminal Impersonation in Erie and Evans
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Criminal Impersonation is a class 6 felony. This level felony is punishable by 12 to 18 months in the Colorado Department of Corrections. This is not the only charge the woman is facing, though, as she was also charged with Resisting Arrest and Theft, both misdemeanors in this case.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Criminal Impersonation, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent and contact the best Criminal Impersonation attorney from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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