With the Easter season upon us, local malls have been packed with families and children waiting in line to see the Easter bunny. What is supposed to be a fun event, turned into a nightmare when a father and the Easter bunny got into a physical fight. According to the news report (click here to see a video of the brawl), the Easter bunny allowed a man’s one-year-old daughter to slip off his lap. The father became angry and began to insult the bunny. One thing led to another and the two ended up fighting and throwing punches. Even after they were separated by security and other mall workers, the bunny came back for more trying to throw a few more punches at the dad. The two were finally separated and charged with Disorderly Conduct – Fighting in Public.
Weld County Disorderly Conduct Attorney – What is the Disorderly Conduct Definition?
The Colorado law definition of Disorderly Conduct in Weld, Washington, or Yuma County – 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 except when engaged in lawful target practice or hunting or the ritual discharge of blank ammunition cartridges as an attendee at a funeral for a deceased person who was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; 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 part the two men would be cited for violating is part (d) – fighting in public. They were lucky not to be charged with Child Abuse, as there were many children present at the time of the fight. Normally, anytime a child is present when a crime is committed, a Child Abuse charge is added.
Have you been charged with Disorderly Conduct? Contact the experienced criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office to defend you today!
Have you been charged with Disorderly Conduct? Contact the experienced criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office to defend you today!
Greeley Disorderly Conduct Attorney – What is the Sentence?
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Disorderly Conduct is a petty offense, class 3, or class 2 misdemeanor depending on the situation. With the situation above, the men would be charged with class 3 misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct. This level misdemeanor is punishable by up to six months in the Weld County Jail and $750 in fines.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Disorderly Conduct, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent and contact the best criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 today. Together, we can protect your future.
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