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Village of Fox Point, WI
Milwaukee County
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[Added by Ord. No. 404]
No person shall cause bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed.
[Added by Ord. No. 513]
A. 
No person shall do any of the following:
(1) 
Intentionally take and carry away, use, transfer, conceal, or retain possession of moveable property of another without his consent and with intent to deprive the owner permanently of possession of such property.
(2) 
By virtue of his office, business or employment, or as a trustee or bailee, having possession or custody of money or of a negotiable security, instrument, paper or other negotiable writing of another, intentionally use, transfer, conceal, or retain possession of such money, security, instrument, paper or writing without the owner's consent, contrary to his authority, and with intent to convert to his own use or to the use of another person except the owner. A refusal to deliver any money or a negotiable security, instrument, paper or other negotiable writing, which is in his possession or custody by virtue of his office, business or employment, or as a trustee or bailee, upon demand of the person entitled to receive it, or as required by law, is prima facie evidence of an intent to convert to his own use within the meaning of this subsection.
(3) 
Having a legal interest in movable property, intentionally and without consent take such property out of the possession of a pledgee or other person having a superior right of possession, with intent thereby to deprive the pledgee or other person permanently of the possession of such property.
(4) 
Obtain title to property of another by intentionally deceiving him with a false representation which is known to be false, made with intent to defraud, and which does defraud the person to whom it is made. "False representation" includes a promise made with intent not to perform it if it is a part of a false and fraudulent scheme.
(5) 
Intentionally fail to return any personal property which is in his possession or under his control by virtue of a written lease or written rental agreement within 10 days after the lease or rental agreement has expired.
B. 
Definitions. In this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MOVEABLE PROPERTY
Property whose physical location can be changed, without limitation, including electricity and gas, documents which represent or embody intangible rights, and things growing on, affixed to or found in land.
PROPERTY
All forms of tangible property, whether real or personal, without limitation including electricity, gas and documents which represent or embody a chose in action or other intangible rights.
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
Includes property in which the actor is a co-owner and property of a partnership of which the actor is a member, unless the actor and the victim are husband and wife.
VALUE
The market value at the time of the theft or the cost to the victim of replacing the property within a reasonable time after the theft, whichever is less, but if the property stolen is a document evidencing a chose in action or other intangible right, "value" means either the market value of the chose in action or other right or the intrinsic value of the document, whichever is greater. If the thief gave consideration for, or had a legal interest in, the stolen property, the amount of such consideration or value of such interest shall be deducted from the total value of the property.
[Added by Ord. No. 513]
No person shall attempt to commit a battery or a theft as defined by this chapter in §§ 670-14 and 670-15, respectively. An attempt to commit an offense requires that the actor have the intent to perform acts and attain a result which, if accomplished, would constitute such offense and the actor does acts toward the commission of the offense which demonstrate unequivocally, under all circumstances, that the actor formed the intent and would commit the offense except for the intervention of another person or some other extraneous factor.
[Added by Ord. No. 513]
A. 
No person shall intentionally alter indicia of price or value of merchandise or take and carry away, transfer, conceal or retain possession of merchandise held for resale by a merchant or property of the merchant without his or her consent and with intent to deprive the merchant permanently of possession, or the full purchase price, of the merchandise.
B. 
The intentional concealment of unpurchased merchandise which continues from one floor to another or beyond the last station for receiving payments in a merchant's store is evidence of intent to deprive the merchant permanently of possession of such merchandise without paying the purchase price thereof. The discovery of unpurchased merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of such a person or concealed by a person upon the person or among the belongings of another is evidence of intentional concealment on the part of the person so concealing such goods.
C. 
Definitions. In this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MERCHANT
Includes any "merchant" as defined in § 402.104(3), Wis. Stats., or any innkeeper.
VALUE OF MERCHANDISE
(1) 
For property of the merchant, the value of the property, not to exceed $500; or
(2) 
For merchandise held for resale, the merchant's stated price of the merchandise, not to exceed $500, or in the event of altering, transferring or removing a price marking or causing a cash register or other sales device to reflect less that the merchant's stated price, the difference between the merchant's stated price of the merchandise and the altered price, not to exceed $500.
D. 
In any action or proceeding for violation of the section, duly identified and authenticated photographs of merchandise which was the subject of the violation may be used as evidence in lieu of producing the merchandise.
[Added 6-10-1986 by Ord. No. 86-536]
A. 
Whoever issues any check or other order for the payment of money less that $500 within the limits of the Village of Fox Point which, at the time of issuance, he or she intends shall not be paid shall be subject to a forfeiture.
B. 
Any of the following is prima facie evidence that the person, at the time of issuance of the check or other order for the payment of money, intended it should not be paid:
(1) 
Proof that, at the time of issuance, the person did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee.
(2) 
Proof that, at the time of issuance, the person did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee and that the person failed within five days after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order.
(3) 
Proof that, when presentment was made within a reasonable time, the person did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee and the person failed within five days after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order.
C. 
This section does not apply to a postdated check or to a check given for a past consideration, except a payroll check.
D. 
In addition to the other penalties provided for violation of this section, a judge may order a violator to pay restitution to a victim as provided in § 943.24(5), Wis. Stats.