A Longmont man was recently arrested for the most ridiculous case of Harassment I’ve seen. Apparently, the man was accused of chasing several children along a bike path near a school. The children were not injured and made it to school with no issues, but the man was charged with Harassment. Even more silly than that, the court ordered a protection order so the man is not allowed to have contact with the victims or anyone under the age of 18. In addition, he can’t have contact with the three community schools in the area. These are the same types of protection orders that are put in place when a person is accused of a sex offense. All these precautions because a man ‘chased’ a few children, who were completely unharmed? It seems beyond what is necessary and a fine example of government at its worst.
Harassment in Weld County
The Colorado law definition of Harassment – C.R.S. 18-9-111 – is:
- Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him to physical contact; or
- In a public place directs obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person; or
- Follows a person in or about a public place; or
- Initiates communication with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telephone network, data network, text message, instant message, computer, computer network, or computer system in a manner intended to harass or threaten bodily injury or property damage, or makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal by telephone, computer, computer network, or computer system that is obscene; or”
- Makes a telephone call or causes a telephone to ring repeatedly, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate conversation; or
- Makes repeated communications at inconvenient hours that invade the privacy of another and interfere in the use and enjoyment of another’s home or private residence or other private property; or
- Repeatedly insults, taunts, challenges, or makes communications in offensively coarse language to, another in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response.
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I guess the man was charged with this crime for ‘following a person in or about a public place,’ but it still seems beyond ridiculous to me. Obviously, the man was acting silly and not making the best choices, but were his actions worthy of a class 3 misdemeanor conviction? If convicted, he would be facing up to 6 in the Weld County Jail and up to $750 in fines. A serious case of overcharging, if you ask me.
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