Trying to run from a Greeley Police Officer or Weld County Sheriff can result in a Vehicular Eluding or an Attempting to Elude a Police Officer charge. For one man, the criminal charge wasn’t his only punishment. After a traffic stop, the man ran from the police when they located something illegal inside the vehicle. He dove into the ocean, where the police continued to track him, but he also picked up another tracker – a shark. The mission to arrest turned into a rescue mission. The man was eventually apprehended and charged with Eluding a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest.
Weld County Eluding or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer Lawyer
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Eluding or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer – C.R.S. 42-4-1413 – is:
The important phrase here is ‘willfully attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer.’ This statute does not require the eluding occur in a vehicle, like the felony Vehicular Eluding charge. Instead, a driver who attempts to elude an officer by any means will face this class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
Sentence for Eluding a Police Officer in Greeley and Fort Morgan
As a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense in Greeley, Fort Morgan, and Evans, Eluding or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer is punishable by 10 to 90 days in the Weld County Jail plus fines. This is much better than the potential prison sentence of 1 to 3 years a conviction for the class 5 felony Vehicular Eluding carries. But, personally, I think either of those would be preferable to a shark attack!
If you or someone you love has been charged with Vehicular Eluding or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer, 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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