Lucky for drive-thru workers across Colorado, alligators are not regularly found on the side of the road. Too bad that wasn’t the case for one unlucky Wendy’s drive-thru employee who received an alligator in place of payment. According to the news report, a man placed his order and drove up to the drive-thru window. The employee handed him a drink and the man proceeded to throw a 3-and-a-half-foot alligator thru the drive-thru window into the restaurant. After his arrest, the man admitted that he had picked up the alligator off the side of the road. The employee must have sustained some sort of injury, because the man was charged with 2nd Degree Assault.
Weld County 2nd Degree Assault Attorney: What is the Definition?
The Colorado law definition of Assault in the Second Degree – C.R.S. 18-3-203 – is:
(b) With intent to cause bodily injury to another person, he or she causes such injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon; or
(c) With intent to prevent one whom he or she knows, or should know, to be a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical service provider from performing a lawful duty, he or she intentionally causes bodily injury to any person; or
(d) He recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon
With the example above, the alligator was considered a deadly weapon. If someone experienced some sort of physical, mental or emotional pain when the alligator was thrown, the requirements of this statute would be met.
Have you been charged with 2nd Degree Assault? Contact the experienced criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office to defend you today!
Have you been charged with 2nd Degree Assault? Contact the experienced criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office to defend you today!
Greeley Second Degree Assault Sentence
As a class 4 felony in Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, 2nd Degree Assault is punishable by 4 to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. This is more than the normal range for a class 4 felony, because Second Degree Assault is considered a violent crime. Any crime with the violent designation makes the sentence range more severe. Seems like a very serious punishment for what the man above thought would be a funny prank.
If you or someone you love has been charged with 2nd Degree Assault in Greeley, Erie, and Evans, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best Greeley criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 today. Together, we can protect your future.
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