Category: Burglary

 

So you’ve been charged with a burglary. Maybe you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or you made a bad choice and it came back to bite you. It happens. Everyone makes mistakes.

 

But it’s what you choose to do next that will impact your life.

 

You could simply accept the charges, plead guilty, pay fines, do jail time, and lose a portion of

 

“Theft crimes” is a broad term that includes a number of specific criminal charges. However, all theft crimes involve taking a person’s property without their permission.

 

Theft crimes can vary widely in their degree of severity, encompassing everything from shoplifting to armed robbery. Usually, the criminal charge for a theft crime is based on the value of the items that were taken. However, there are other factors that

 

Property crime refers to a group of illegal activities that involve damaging or stealing another person’s private property. Property crime charges range in severity in Colorado—from petty offenses like shoplifting and vandalism to felonies like arson and armed robbery.

 

Unlike violent crimes or sex crimes, most property crimes target objects instead of people. Still, many property crimes—like arson and burglary—endanger the lives of victims, and the law takes

Though often grouped together, theft, robbery, and burglary are three distinct crimes in Colorado.

All three are serious criminal offenses that carry severe consequences, but these three offenses are distinguished by a variety of factors—including means, methods, and victims involved in the crime.

 

Below, we’ve explored some of the similarities and differences between theft, robbery, and burglary.

 

Theft. This is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety

 

You may know him as Vanilla Ice—the rapper who masterminded the ‘90s hip hop single “Ice Ice Baby.” You may also recognize Vanilla Ice from his most recent TV endeavor, The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY Network, where he hosts a reality show on succeeding in real estate.

 

But these last few months, the rapper born as Robert Mathew Van Winkle has been making headlines for something entirely