[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
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.
[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of domestic assault if the act involves
a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under
§ 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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[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
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.
[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
A. Definitions. As used in this section:
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.
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.
[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
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.
[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
A. 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 17 years old;
or
2. Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than 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 § 211.031, RSMo.; or
3. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than 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 § 211.031, RSMo.; or
4. Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than 17 years of
age to enter into any room, building or other structure which is a
public nuisance as defined in § 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
nonmedical remedial treatment recognized and permitted under the laws
of this state.
[Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
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 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 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.
[Ord. No. 8988, § 1, 1-18-2001; Ord. No. 10378, 1-5-2017]
(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
1. "Disability," a physical or mental impairment which substantially
limits one or more of a person's major life activities, being regarded
as having such an impairment, or a record of having such an impairment;
and
2. "Sexual orientation," male or female heterosexuality, homosexuality
or bisexuality, and transgendered by inclination, practice, identity
or expression, or having a self-image or identity not traditionally
associated with one's gender.
(b) For all violations of the following ordinances which the City believes
to be knowingly motivated because of the race, color, religion, national
origin, sex, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim or victims,
the City may charge the crime or crimes under this section:
2. Section
17-15, relating to harassment;
3. Sections
17-103 and
17-104, relating to damaging, defacing property or another;
5. Section
17-85, relating to possession of dangerous weapons; or
6. Section
17-84, relating to concealed weapons.
(c) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter
1, §
1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Kirkwood, but in no event shall the penalty be less than $500.