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Police in Longmont, Colorado recently arrested Claudio Lee Casias for domestic violence despite the fact that he did not engage in any physical violence – or even threaten anyone. What happened?

According to reports, Mr. Casias’s wife called police, saying that her husband was armed with a 9 millimeter pistol and that she was afraid of him. She also stated that he had not injured her or their son or made any threats.

When police arrived, Mr. Casias was sleeping, [...]

If you are charged with a crime and told that you have a domestic violence enhancement, you would probably want to know what that means, right?

It’s a strange term “domestic violence enhancement.” Does it mean that you are being accused of a particularly bad domestic violence crime? How exactly is your charge “enhanced”?

To understand, you have to look at the specific laws of our state and what they say about domestic violence and the associated penalties.

Colorado Statutes[...]

With October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, domestic violence is in the spotlight.

What does that mean for you?

It will likely mean more people looking for and reporting potential domestic violence, which could lead to law enforcement officers showing up at your home to question you and investigate the alleged incident. Because of this, it is important to know how to act when dealing with police officers in your home. If you choose to act erratically when a police [...]

Domestic violence situations are almost never cut and dry.

If a law enforcement officer is called to a domestic violence disturbance, they have to rely on what they observe when they arrive at the scene as well as the accounts of the parties involved in order to determine who to arrest.

This can be troublesome for a number of reasons: what if one person lies about what happened? What if the victim damaged the aggressor’s property during the act of [...]