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.
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.
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Editor's Note: This Section previously pertained to 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. However, the authorizing statute, former § 565.083, RSMo., was repealed without replacement by SB 491 in the 2014 Legislative Session, effective 1-1-2017. See Section 210.120, Assault, as it relates to a "special victim."
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense
can be a felony under state law.
A.
DISTURBS
Definitions. As used in this Section:
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense
can be a felony under state law.
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.
[1]
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 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 seventeen (17) years old; or
2.
Knowingly encourages, aids or causes 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 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.
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
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense
can be a felony under state law.
A.
COLLISION
INJURES
MOTOR VEHICLE
UNATTENDED
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms mean:
The act of a motor vehicle coming into contact with an object
or a person.
To cause physical harm to the body of a person.
Any automobile, truck, truck-tractor, or any motor bus or
motor-propelled vehicle not exclusively operated or driven on fixed
rails or tracks.
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense
can be a felony under state law.