computer crimes are prosecuted in both state and

federal court in State Court as far as

computer crimes we see various hacking

this sometimes occurs in the domestic

relationship where a husband or a wife

will use the password to access The

spouse’s emails that’s a crime under

state law in Colorado there are also a

number of types of sex crimes that could

be committed online there’s downloading

child pornography and then there’s also

uh attempting to have relationships with

a minor that occurs online both of those

last two type sex crimes are prosecuted

in state and federal court and the

difference in terms of where they’re

prosecuted depends on how serious the

prosecutors view the offense so if there

are thousands and thousands of images of

child pornography or if the child

pornography was created that’s more

likely to become a federal crime than if

there were five or six images that were

downloaded which is more likely to

become a state crime

as far as these uh attempts to have

sexual relations with a minor those

occur usually when somebody’s engaged

with a police officer there’s not

actually a minor on the other end it’s a

sting and both the state and uh the

federal government through the office of

Homeland Security usually have those

types of resources out there on the

internet trying to catch people who

might be attempting to have sex with a

minor