[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.
[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.
[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.
[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:
C. A person is deemed incapable of consent
if he/she is:
1.
Less than fourteen (14) years old;
or
[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.
[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.