Threatening someone or causing them to feel they are in danger of serious bodily injury will be charged as Menacing in Castle Rock, Parker, and Highlands Ranch. That’s exactly what a mother would be charged with, had the situation she was involved in occurred in Douglas County. According to the news, the mom went to the school to pick up her daughter and pulled the gun on a student whom her daughter had fought with the day before. While it is understandable that a mother would want to protect her daughter, I’m not sure this was the best way to handle the situation. When a deadly weapon is involved, Menacing is charged as a felony in Douglas County.

Douglas County Felony Menacing Lawyer: Definition of Menacing in Castle Rock

The Douglas County, Colorado law definition of Menacing – C.R.S. 18-3-206 – is:

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A person commits the crime of menacing if, by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury."

You don’t even have to physically have a deadly weapon in your possession to be charged with felony Menacing. It is enough just to say that you have one. Under Colorado law, “deadly weapon” means:

• A firearm, whether loaded or unloaded; or
• A knife, bludgeon, or any other weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, that, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.

In the case above, the deadly weapon was a gun, but the same charges would have resulted if the mother had a knife or even a baseball bat if she threated to use it as a weapon.

Sentence for Menacing in Highlands Ranch

When a deadly weapon is involved, Menacing is charged as a class 5 felony, which is punishable by 1 to 3 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $100,000 in fines. When it is charged as a class 3 misdemeanor, the potential sentence is up to 6 months in the Douglas County Jail and $750 in fines.

If you or a loved one has been charged with Menacing, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 303-265-1950. Together, we can protect your future.

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