A. 
A person commits the offense of assault if:
1. 
The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury, physical pain or illness to another person;
2. 
With criminal negligence the person causes physical injury to another person by means of a firearm;
3. 
The person purposely places another person in apprehension of immediate physical injury;
4. 
The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person;
5. 
The person knowingly causes or attempts to cause physical contact with a person with a disability, which a reasonable person, who does not have a disability, would consider offensive or provocative; or
6. 
The person knowingly causes physical contact with another person knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.
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Editor's Note: As to assault of certain other persons, see the definition of "special victim" as set out in Section 215.010 of this Chapter.
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A person commits the offense of domestic assault if the act involves a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under Section 565.002, RSMo., and:
1. 
The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury, physical pain, or illness to such domestic victim;
2. 
With criminal negligence the person causes physical injury to such domestic victim by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument;
3. 
The person purposely places such domestic victim in apprehension of immediate physical injury by any means;
4. 
The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to such domestic victim;
5. 
The person knowingly causes physical contact with such domestic victim knowing he or she will regard the contact as offensive; or
6. 
The person knowingly attempts to cause or causes the isolation of such domestic victim by unreasonably and substantially restricting or limiting his or her access to other persons, telecommunication devices or transportation for the purpose of isolation.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
If two (2) or more persons shall, in any public place in the City, voluntarily or by agreement engage in any fight or use any blows or violence toward each other in an angry or quarrelsome manner, or do each other any wilful mischief, or if any person shall assault another or strike him/her in any public place, to the terror and disturbance of others, the persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of an affray and, on conviction, shall be punished for an ordinance violation.
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Editor's Note: This Section previously pertained to assault of a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency personnel, highway worker in a construction zone or work zone, utility worker, cable worker, or probation and parole officer. However, the authorizing statute, former RSMo. §565.083, was repealed without replacement by SB 491 in the 2014 Legislative Session, effective 1-1-2017. See Section 215.120, Assault, as it relates to a "special victim."
A person commits the offense of harassment if he/she, without good cause, engages in any act with the purpose to cause emotional distress to another person.
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section:
DISTURBS
Shall mean to engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that serves no legitimate purpose and that would cause a reasonable person under the circumstances to be frightened, intimidated, or emotionally distressed.
B. 
A person commits the offense of stalking if he or she purposely, through his or her course of conduct, disturbs, or follows with the intent to disturb another person.
C. 
This Section shall not apply to activities of Federal, State, County, or Municipal Law Enforcement Officers conducting investigations of any violation of Federal, State, County, or Municipal Law.
D. 
Any Law Enforcement Officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this Section.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A person commits the offense of kidnapping if he or she knowingly restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere substantially with his or her liberty.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
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A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child if he/she:
1. 
With criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body or health of a child less than seventeen (17) years old; or
2. 
Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen (17) years of age to engage in any conduct which causes or tends to cause the child to come within the provisions of Paragraph (d) of Subdivision (2) of Subsection (1) or Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031, RSMo.; or
3. 
Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than seventeen (17) years of age, recklessly fails or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the care or control of such child to prevent him/her from coming within the provisions of Paragraph (c) of Subdivision (1) of Subsection (1) or Paragraph (d) of Subdivision (2) of Subsection (1) or Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031, RSMo.; or
4. 
He/she knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen (17) years of age to enter into any room, building or other structure which has been declared a public nuisance by the City Building Board.
[Ord. No. 8265, 3-20-2014]
B. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean the welfare of a child is endangered for the sole reason that he/she is being provided non-medical remedial treatment recognized and permitted under the laws of this State.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
COLLISION
The act of a motor vehicle coming into contact with an object or a person.
INJURES
To cause physical harm to the body of a person.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any automobile, truck, truck-tractor, or any motor bus or motor-propelled vehicle not exclusively operated or driven on fixed rails or tracks.
UNATTENDED
Not accompanied by an individual fourteen (14) years of age or older.
B. 
A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle if such person knowingly leaves a child less than eleven (11) years of age unattended in a motor vehicle and such child injures another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing the motor vehicle to injure a pedestrian.
C. 
The offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle is an ordinance violation.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to focus, point or shine a laser point or shine a laser beam directly or indirectly on another person in such a manner as is intended to harass, annoy or injure said person.
B. 
This Section applies only to handheld pointers and excludes any and all other laser devices that may be used in other professions or occupations.
C. 
It is unlawful for any person to sell a laser pointer to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
D. 
It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to possess a laser pointer.
E. 
The prohibition of Subsection (D) of this Section shall not apply to the use of laser pointers with the permission and supervision of a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
F. 
Any violation of this Section shall subject the violator to summons to Municipal Court and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs, or ninety (90) days imprisonment, or both a fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. A-8455, 8-19-2016]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
CONSTRUCTION ZONE or WORK ZONE
Any area in which work is being performed on a temporary basis by the City, the State, the County, or other provider of services to the public, and which has been marked with clearly visible markers as an area in which such work is ongoing or in a preparatory or ending stage. The term "construction zone" or "work. zone'' shall include, by way of example but not of limitation, an area in which public workers are present in an area marked with clearly visible markers indicating infrastructure construction, repair or improvement, actions of law enforcement., ambulance crews, fire department, utility workers, or street crews.
PUBLIC WORKER
Any employee, contractor or subcontractor of the provider of the work defined in this Section.
CLEARLY VISIBLE MARKERS
Shall include brightly colored signs, police tape, and flashing lights that are visible and reasonably recognizable as warning signals at a distance of one hundred (100) feet or more.
B. 
A person shall be deemed to commit the offense of endangerment of a public worker upon conviction of any offense otherwise set out in the ordinances of the City of Monett, when such offense causes bodily harm to, or is reasonably perceived to pose a threat or danger of bodily harm to a public worker in a work zone marked with clearly visible markers, regardless of whether such harm or threat of harm is caused intentionally or unintentionally.
C. 
Upon conviction of the ordinance violation causing such harm or threat of harm, in addition to any other penalty authorized by the ordinances of the City, the person committing such violation shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or incarceration for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days.
D. 
No person shall be convicted of endangerment of a public worker unless at least one (1) worker is within the work zone or construction zone at the time the initial ordinance violation is committed.