[R.O. 1996 § 220.250; CC 1968 § 14-65; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982; Ord.
No. 1365 § 1, 2-18-1985]
A. A person commits an assault if:
1.
They attempt to cause or recklessly
cause physical injury, physical pain, or illness to another person;
[Ord. No. 4638 § 5, 12-19-2016]
2.
With criminal negligence they cause
physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon;
3.
They purposely place another person
in apprehension of immediate physical injury;
4.
They recklessly engage in conduct
which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury
to another person;
[Ord. No. 4638 § 5, 12-19-2016]
5.
They knowingly cause physical contact
with another person knowing the other person will regard the contact
as offensive or provocative; or
6.
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.
[Ord. No. 4638 § 5, 12-19-2016]
B. A person who has been convicted of an assault
may be sentenced to pay a fine which does not exceed five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or to serve a period of imprisonment which does
not exceed six (6) months, or both.
[Ord. No. 4574 § 2, 10-5-2015]
[R.O. 1996 § 220.255; Ord. No. 3467 § 1, 4-15-2002; Ord.
No. 4201 § 1, 10-6-2008; Ord. No. 4270 § 1, 10-19-2009; Ord. No. 4574 § 3, 10-5-2015; Ord. No. 4638 § 6, 12-19-2016]
A. A person commits the offense of domestic
assault if the act involves a family or household member, and:
1.
The person attempts to cause or recklessly
causes physical injury to such family or household member;
2.
With criminal negligence the person
causes physical injury to such family or household member by means
of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument;
3.
The person purposely places such
family or household member in apprehension of immediate physical injury
by any means;
4.
The person attempts to cause or recklessly
causes physical injury to such family or household member;
5.
The person knowingly causes physical
contact with such family or household knowing the other person will
regard the contact as offensive; or
6.
The person knowingly attempts to
cause or causes the isolation of such family or household member by
unreasonably and substantially restricting or limiting such family
or household member's access to other persons, telecommunication devices
or transportation for the purpose of isolation.
B. For
purposes of this Section, the term "family" or "household member"
shall mean spouses, former spouses, any person related by blood or
marriage, persons who are presently residing together or have resided
together in the past, any person who is or has been in a continuing
social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim,
and anyone who has a child in common regardless of whether they have
been married or have resided together at any time.
C. A person
who has been convicted of an assault may be sentenced to pay a fine
which does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or to serve a
period of imprisonment which does not exceed six (6) months, or both.
[Ord. No. 5171, 12-5-2022]
[R.O. 1996 § 220.260; CC 1968 § 14-66; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. When conduct is charged to constitute an
offense because it causes or threatens physical injury, consent to
that conduct or to the infliction of the injury is a defense only
if:
1.
The physical injury consented to
or threatened by the conduct is not serious physical injury; or
2.
The conduct and the harm are reasonably
foreseeable hazards of;
a.
The victim's occupation or profession;
or
b.
Joint participation in a lawful athletic
event or competitive sport; or
3.
The consent establishes a justification
for the conduct under Chapter 563, RSMo.
B. The defendant shall have the burden of
injecting the issue of consent.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.270; CC 1968 § 14-67; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982; Ord.
No. 4368 § 1, 1-17-2012]
A person commits the offense of harassment if they, without
good cause, engage in any act with the purpose to cause emotional
distress to another person.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.275; CC 1968 § 14-68; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A person commits the offense of kidnapping if they knowingly
restrain another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere
substantially with their liberty.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.280; CC 1968 § 14-69; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. It is an element of the offenses described in Section
220.275 that the confinement, movement, or restraint be committed without the consent of the victim.
B. Lack of consent results from:
C. A person is deemed incapable of consent
if they are:
1.
Less than fourteen (14) years of
age; or
[Ord. No. 4638 § 3, 12-19-2016]
[R.O. 1996 § 220.285; CC 1968 § 14-70; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. A person does not commit the offense of kidnapping under Section
220.275 if the person restrained is a child less than seventeen (17) years of age and:
1.
A parent, guardian or other person
responsible for the general supervision of the child's welfare has
consented to the restraint; or
2.
The person is a relative of the child;
and
a.
The person's sole purpose is to assume
control of the child; and
b.
The child is not taken out of the
State of Missouri.
B. For the purpose of this Section, "relative"
means a parent or stepparent, ancestor, sibling, uncle, or aunt, including
an adoptive relative of the same degree through marriage or adoption.
C. The defendant shall have the burden of
injecting the issue of a defense under this Section.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.295; CC 1968 § 14-72; Ord. No. 2358 § 1, 7-19-1993]
A. A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child
if they:
1.
With criminal negligence act 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 encourage, aid or cause 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 fail or refuse to exercise reasonable diligence in the care or control of such child to prevent them 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.
Knowingly encourage, aid or cause 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 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 they are being provided
non-medical remedial treatment recognized and permitted under the
laws of this State.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.296; Ord. No. 4430 § 1, 3-18-2013]
A. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall mean:
ABUSE
The infliction of physical, sexual, or mental injury against
a child by any person eighteen (18) years of age or older. For purposes
of this Section, abuse shall not include injury inflicted on a child
by accidental means by a person with care, custody, or control of
the child, or discipline of a child by a person with care, custody,
or control of the child, including spanking, in a reasonable manner.
ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA
A serious physical injury to the head or brain caused by
any means, including but not limited to shaking, jerking, pushing,
pulling, slamming, hitting, or kicking.
MENTAL INJURY
An injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity or
the emotional condition of a child as evidenced by an observable and
substantial impairment of the ability of the child to function within
their normal range of performance or behavior.
NEGLECT
The failure to provide, by those responsible for the care,
custody, and control of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years,
the care reasonable and necessary to maintain the physical and mental
health of the child, when such failure presents a substantial probability
that death or physical injury or sexual injury would result.
PHYSICAL INJURY
Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition,
including but not limited to bruising, lacerations, hematomas, welts,
or permanent or temporary disfigurement and impairment of any bodily
function or organ.
B. A person commits the offense of abuse or
neglect of a child if such person knowingly causes a child who is
less than eighteen (18) years of age:
1.
To suffer physical or mental injury
as a result of abuse or neglect; or
2.
To be placed in a situation in which
the child may suffer physical or mental injury as the result of abuse
or neglect.
C. A person commits the offense of abuse or
neglect of a child if such person recklessly causes a child who is
less than eighteen (18) years of age to suffer from abusive head trauma.
D. A person does not commit the offense of
abuse or neglect of a child by virtue of the sole fact that the person
delivers or allows the delivery of a child to a provider of emergency
services.
E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
to alter the requirement that every element of any offense referred
to herein must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
F. Discipline, including spanking administered
in a reasonable manner, shall not be construed to be abuse under this
Section.
G. The violation of any provision of this
Section shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred
dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation of this
Section shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.