Making offensive or coarse gestures in a public place is charged as Disorderly Conduct in Greeley and Weld County. A man was recently charged with this crime after an unprompted striptease in a restaurant. According to the report, the man had been imbibing and was pretty drunk when he approached a couple at a restaurant. He began taking his clothes off and dancing in the front of the woman. When asked to stop, the man began to threaten to fight the husband. The drunk wannabe stripper was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct.
Weld County Disorderly Conduct Attorney: Definition of Disorderly Conduct in Morgan and Logan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Disorderly Conduct – C.R.S. 18-9-106 – is:
(a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or
(c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or
(d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest of athletic skill; or
(e) Not being a peace officer, discharges a firearm in a public place; or
(f) Not being a peace officer, displays a deadly weapon, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm.
The man would likely be charged under subsection (a) and (c) for his striptease and response when asked to stop.
Sentence for Disorderly Conduct in Erie and Evans
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, a Disorderly Conduct charge under subsection (a) or (c) is a class 1 petty offense, punishable by up to 6 months in the Weld County Jail and up to $500 in fines.
If you or someone you love has been charged with, accused of, or arrested for Disorderly Conduct, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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