Lying to police about who you are or making up a crime is charged as False Reporting, Criminal Impersonation, and / or Attempting to Influence a Public Servant in Castle Rock and Douglas County. A woman was recently charged with Attempt to Influence a Public Servant and False Reporting after she faked her own Kidnapping. According to the report, the woman was found in a dumpster with her hands zip tied together. While it was initially investigated as a Kidnapping, details were not matching up and it was determined the woman lied about the entire event. She was arrested for misdemeanor False Reporting and felony Attempting to Influence a Police Officer.

Douglas County Attempt to Influence a Public Servant Lawyer: Definition of Attempting to Influence a Public Servant

The Douglas County, Colorado law definition of Attempt to Influence a Public Servant – C.R.S. 18-8-306 – is:

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Any person who attempts to influence any public servant by means of deceit or by threat of violence or economic reprisal against any person or property, with the intent thereby to alter or affect the public servant's decision, vote, opinion, or action concerning any matter which is to be considered or performed by him or the agency or body of which he is a member, commits a class 4 felony.”

Because the woman lied to police officer with the intent to get them to file a case and name her as the victim of a crime (which never occurred), she was charged with this crime. A class 4 felony is punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $500,000 in fines.

False Reporting Attorney in Highlands Ranch and Parker: Definition of False Reporting

In Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, and Parker, False Reporting to Authorities – C.R.S. 18-8-111(1)(b) – is:

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(1) A person commits false reporting to authorities, if:

(b) He makes a report or knowingly causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities of a crime or other incident within their official concern when he knows that it did not occur;”

By presenting information to police officers and reporting a crime, that you know didn’t actually happen, you can be charged with False Reporting. False Reporting to Authorities is a class 3 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 6 months in the Douglas County Jail and up to$750 in fines.

If you or a loved one has been charged with Attempt to Influence a Public Servant or False Reporting, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best Castle Rock criminal defense attorneys from Sawyer Legal Group at 303-265-1950 today. Together, we can protect your future.

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