A. 
A person commits the offense of assault if:
1. 
He/she attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury to another person;
2. 
With criminal negligence he/she causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon;
3. 
He/she purposely places another person in apprehension of immediate physical injury;
4. 
He/she recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death or serious physical injury to another person;
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
5. 
He/she knowingly causes physical contact with another person knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative;
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[2]]
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
6. 
He/she 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
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[3]]
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
7. 
He/she knowingly attempts to cause or causes the isolation of a person with a disability by unreasonably and substantially restricting or limiting his or her access to other persons, telecommunication devices or transportation for the purpose of isolation.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[4]]
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of 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 if:
1. 
Such person recklessly causes physical injury to 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;
2. 
Such person purposely places 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 in apprehension of immediate physical injury;
3. 
Such person knowingly causes or attempts to cause physical contact with 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 without the consent of the 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.
B. 
As used in this Section, "emergency personnel" means any paid or volunteer firefighter, emergency room or trauma center personnel, or emergency medical technician as defined in Subdivisions (15), (16), (17) and (18) of Section 190.100, RSMo.
C. 
As used in this Section, the term "Corrections Officer" includes any jailer or Corrections Officer of the State or any political subdivision of the State.
D. 
As used in this Section, the term "highway worker," "construction zone" or "work zone" shall have the same meaning as such terms are defined in Section 304.580, RSMo.
E. 
As used in this Section, the term "utility worker" means any employee while in the performance of their job duties, including any person employed under contract, of a utility that provides gas, , electricity, water, steam, telecommunications services, or sewer services, whether privately, municipally, or cooperatively owned.
F. 
As used in this Section, the term "cable worker" means any employee, including any person employed under contract, of a cable operator, as such term is defined in Section 67.2677, RSMo.
G. 
A person commits the offense of assault on a police animal if he or she knowingly kills or disables, knowingly attempts to kill or disable, or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to a police animal when that animal is involved in law enforcement investigation, apprehension, tracking, or search, or the animal is in the custody or under the control of a Law Enforcement Officer or fire or rescue personnel.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
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A person commits the offense of harassment if he or she, without good cause, engages in any act with the purpose to cause emotional distress to another person.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly send or deliver or cause or intentionally allow to be sent or delivered any letter, e-mail, text message or other Internet or electronic communication or other writing, printing, circular or card or device, with or without a name subscribed thereto or signed with a fictitious name or any mark, threatening to accuse any other person of a crime or offense for any purpose other than to cause the other person to cease ongoing illegal activity or threatening to kill, maim or wound any other person or threatening to commit a crime or offense or do any injury to the person, property, credit or reputation of another, whether or not any money or property is demanded or extorted thereby.
B. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the Internet if he or she knowingly posts the name, home address, social security number, or telephone number of any person on the Internet intending to cause substantial bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause substantial bodily harm or death to such person.
C. 
For purposes of this Section, an offense committed by means of writing, telephonic communication or electronic communication shall be deemed to have occurred at the place from which the communication was made or sent and at the place where the communication was first heard or read by the recipient.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
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.
B. 
As used herein, the following terms shall mean:
COURSE OF CONDUCT
A pattern of conduct composed of two (2) or more acts, which may include communication by any means, over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity that is otherwise done in a lawful manner is not included within the meaning of course of conduct.
DISTURBS
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.
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.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
A person commits the offense of false imprisonment if he/she knowingly restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere substantially with his/her liberty.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child if:
1. 
He/she 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;
2. 
He/she knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen (17) years old 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.;
3. 
Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than seventeen (17) years old, he/she 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 is a public nuisance as defined in Section 510.050 of the Municipal Code or Section 579.105, RSMo.
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.
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A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful transactions with a child if he or she:
1. 
Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhand goods, or any employee of such person, with criminal negligence buys or receives any personal property other than agricultural products from an unemancipated minor, unless the child's custodial parent or guardian has consented in writing to the transaction; or
2. 
Knowingly permits a minor child to enter or remain in a place where illegal activity in controlled substances, as defined in Chapter 579, RSMo., is maintained or conducted; or
3. 
With criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulk gunpowder, or explosive to a child under the age of seventeen (17) years, or fireworks as defined in Section 320.110, RSMo., to a child under the age of fourteen (14) years, unless the child's custodial parent or guardian has consented in writing to the transaction.
B. 
Criminal negligence as to the age of the child is not an element of this offense.
C. 
As used in this Section, "criminal negligence" shall mean the failure to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or a result will follow, and such failure constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A person commits the offense of identity theft if he or she knowingly and with the intent to deceive or defraud obtains, possesses, transfers, uses, or attempts to obtain, transfer, or use, one or more means of identification, not lawfully issued for his or her use.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
COLLISION
The act of a motor vehicle coming into contact with an object or a person.
INJURY
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 ten (10) years of age or less 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; such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.