Colorado: Warrant Issued for Woman Alleged to Have Lied on Red Flag Filing

[mauserme]

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/30/colorado-fort-collins-larimer-red-flag-perjury-susan-holmes/

 

 

Arrest warrant issued for woman who lied on red flag filing in Larimer County

A Fort Collins woman is wanted for arrest on suspicion of perjury after lying on her red flag petition against the police officer who killed her son.

 

The Larimer County Sheriffs Office issued the warrant for Susan Holmes on suspicion of first-degree perjury and attempt to influence a public servant, spokesman Jered Kramer said. Holmes has not been arrested, Kramer said.

...

 

Susan Holmes said on the petition that she and (Cpl. Philip) Morris shared a child together. In an interview with The Denver Post, she said that wasnt true but that she had a legal theory she planned to use to justify her statement. She declined to explain the legal theory.

...

 

Kremer said he could not release the affidavit explaining the reasons for Holmes arrest. Holmes bond was set at $5,000.

 

Holmes did not immediately return a reporters call Thursday.

 

[mauserme]

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/warrant-issued-for-woman-who-tried-to-use-red-flag-law-to-disarm-officer/73-6f2778a2-0105-43b4-81f2-bb6b457d0fec

 

 

Warrant issued for woman who tried to use red flag law to disarm officer

Susan Holmes, the mother who unsuccessfully tried to use Colorado's Red Flag gun law to disarm the officer who killed her son, is wanted for perjury.

Author: Erin Powell

Published: 4:41 PM MST January 30, 2020

Updated: 7:56 PM MST January 30, 2020

 

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. An arrest warrant has been issued for Susan Holmes, the petitioner who tried unsuccessfully to use Colorado's new red flag law to have guns removed from the officer who killed her teenage son.

 

Holmes is wanted in Larimer County for alleged felony perjury and attempt to influence a public servant, according to court records dated Jan. 23.

 

The date of her offense is dated Jan. 9, the day she filed her extreme risk protection order petition against Cpl. Phillip Morris, an officer with Colorado State University.

 

The law allows immediate family members, household members or law enforcement officers to file a petition requesting for someones guns to be seized on that basis that theyre a danger to themselves or others. If a judge agrees, that person's guns may be taken away for a year.

 

Holmes and Morris do not have a child together, but she checked the box on the state petition that asked if they have a child in common -- her son, 19-year-old Jeremy Holmes.

 

Jeremy Holmes died July 1, 2017, in a confrontation that investigators described as a suicide by cop. Investigators said Jeremy Holmes charged at officers after asking police to shoot him, prompting Morris and another Fort Collins officer to fire their guns.

 

Both officers were cleared of wrongdoing in that case.

...

 

[steveTA84]

1. Good

2. Probably would be a different story if it wasn’t an LEO she did it to

[Fuddster]

My thought also.

[ragsbo]

They had to! Especially since it was LEO involved. Shows how these laws can and will be abused. I want to know who told her how to do it

[DomG]

They should take the guns first and sort it out later.

sarcasm off.

[Euler]

 

...

The Larimer County Sheriffs Office issued the warrant for Susan Holmes on suspicion of first-degree perjury and attempt to influence a public servant, spokesman Jered Kramer said. Holmes has not been arrested, Kramer said.

...

 

The choice to pursue charges is the prosecutor's, not the sheriff's, just like the choice to seek a warrant is also usually the prosecutor's. The prosecutor did not seek the warrant in this case. It will be interesting to see whether the prosecutor pursues charges.

 

It's too bad we don't all have friends and coworkers with the power to seek warrants for those who file false petitions against us. That this particular false petition made national news might have had something to do with the judge issuing the warrant, too.

[TomKoz]

1) I highly doubt warrant would have been issued if the red flag petition wasn’t against LE.

2) I bet she still only gets a slap on the wrist.

[RS1]

Cpl. Phillip Morris

[borgranta]

This and other incidents like this may cuse police unions to not only oppose new red flag laws but also demand repeal of all existing red flag laws since they are evidently now being used to attack the police.

[drumgod]

This and other incidents like this may cuse police unions to not only oppose new red flag laws but also demand repeal of all existing red flag laws since they are evidently now being used to attack the police.

 

But it's fine when they're used to attack the public?

[Euler]

Ammoland

...

The judge denied Susan Holmes' petition on January 16. He pointed out that Morris and Holmes did not have a child together. The judge didn't believe that Holmes misunderstood the question about having a child in common on the form that she filled out to start the ERPO process. He believed she filed the ERPO out of malice.

...

Larimer County Sheriff Department finally arrested Holmes on Tuesday at her home. She streamed the arrest live to YouTube.

...

Holmes talked about how she does not support the extreme risk protection orders that are now law in Colorado. She states that she believes that red flag laws are unconstitutional. She filed for the ERPO because, according to her, she believes that the law should apply evenly to police and citizens.

 

Holmes stated that she is a Second Amendment supporter, and people shouldn't give up their guns. The host of the live stream, Tim, who goes by username Timmybnm, stated that Holmes is a Constitutionalist.

...