[R.O. 1996 § 215.330; Ord. No. 836 § 16-137, 2-8-1993]
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 565.002, RSMo.
A. 
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.335]
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.
3. 
The consent establishes a justification for the conduct under Ch. 563, RSMo.
B. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of consent.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.340; Ord. No. 836 § 16-139, 2-8-1993]
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.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.345; Ord. No. 836 § 16-140, 2-8-1993]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.350; Ord. No. 836 § 16-141, 2-8-1993]
A. 
It is an element of the offense described in Section 215.345 that the confinement, movement, or restraint be committed without the consent of the victim.
B. 
Lack of consent results from:
1. 
Forcible compulsion; or
2. 
Incapacity to consent.
C. 
A person is deemed incapable of consent if he/she is:
1. 
Less than fourteen (14) years old; or
2. 
Incapacitated.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.355; Ord. No. 836 § 16-142, 2-8-1993; Ord. No. 2420, 5-8-2023]
A. 
A person does not commit the offense of kidnapping under Section 215.345 if the person restrained is a child less than eighteen (18) 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.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 215.357, Endangering The Welfare Of A Child, was repealed 5-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2419. See now Section 215.155 of this Chapter.
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.360; Ord. No. 836 § 16-143, 2-8-1993]
A person is guilty of interfering with custody if, knowing that he/she has no legal right to do so, he/she takes or entices from lawful custody any person entrusted by order of a court to the custody of another person or institution.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.361; Ord. No. 1943, 1-14-2008]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate the terms or conditions of an order of protection entered by a court of the State of Missouri or by any other State, tribe, territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia.
B. 
A copy of an order of protection entered by a court of the State of Missouri or a certified copy of an order of protection entered by any other State, tribe, territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and validity of the order of protection.
C. 
Refusal of the person for whose benefit the order of protection was issued to sign a complaint or to testify shall not be a defense to a violation of a full order of protection.