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.
[1]
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 RSMo. § 565.083, was repealed without replacement by SB 491 in the 2014 Legislative Session, effective 1-1-2017.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.
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.
A.
A person
commits the offense of abuse of an elderly person, a person with a
disability, or a vulnerable person if he or she:
1.
Purposely engages in conduct involving more than one (1) incident
that causes emotional distress to an elderly person, a person with
a disability, or a vulnerable person. The course of conduct shall
be such as would cause a reasonable elderly person, person with a
disability, or vulnerable person to suffer substantial emotional distress;
or
2.
Intentionally fails to provide care, goods or services to an elderly
person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person. The result
of the conduct shall be such as would cause a reasonable elderly person,
person with a disability, or vulnerable person to suffer physical
or emotional distress; or
3.
Knowingly acts or knowingly fails to act in a manner which results
in a substantial risk to the life, body or health of an elderly person,
a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person.
B.
The
offense of abuse of an elderly person, a person with a disability,
or a vulnerable person is an ordinance violation. Nothing in this
Section shall be construed to mean that an elderly person, a person
with a disability, or a vulnerable person is abused solely because
such person chooses to rely on spiritual means through prayer, in
lieu of medical care, for his or her health care, as evidenced by
such person's explicit consent, advance directive for health care,
or practice.
A.
A person
commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly:
1.
Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an
image of another person, without the person's consent, while the person
is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one
would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or
2.
Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an
image of another person under or through the clothing worn by that
other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments
worn by that other person without that person's consent.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
[Ord. No. 1164 § 04.090, 3-2-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons with the intent
to intimidate any person or group of persons to burn, or cause to
be burned, a cross.
[Ord. No. 1164 § 06.050, 3-2-2015]
A.
A person
commits the offense of unlawful transactions with a child if he or
she:
1.
Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhand goods, or any
employee of such person, with criminal negligence buys or receives
any personal property other than agricultural products from an unemancipated
minor, unless the child's custodial parent or guardian has consented,
in writing, to the transaction; or
2.
Knowingly permits a minor child to enter or remain in a place where
illegal activity in controlled substances, as defined in Chapter 579,
RSMo., is maintained or conducted; or
3.
With criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulk gunpowder, or
explosives to a child under the age of seventeen (17), or fireworks
as defined in Section 320.106, RSMo., to a child under the age of
fourteen (14), unless the child's custodial parent or guardian has
consented, in writing, to the transaction. Criminal negligence as
to the age of the child is not an element of this offense.
