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.
(RSMo. §565.056, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
A.
A person commits the offense of domestic assault if the act involves
a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under
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. (RSMo. §565.076,
2014 effective 1-1-2017)
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
[1]
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 §565.083, was repealed without replacement by SB 491 in the 2014 Legislative Session, effective 1-1-2017.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. (RSMo. §565.091, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
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. (RSMo. §565.227, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
[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. (RSMo. §565.130, 2014
effective 1-1-2017)
[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. (RSMo. §568.050, 2005, 2006, 2014 effective
1-1-2017)
[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. (RSMo. §577.300, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
[Ord. No. 2017-2922 § 1, 1-24-2017]
A.
It shall be unlawful for a party against whom an order of protection
has been entered pursuant to Chapter 455, RSMo., to violate the terms
and conditions of that order, with regard to domestic violence, stalking,
sexual assault, child custody, communication initiated by the party
against whom an order of protection has been entered, or entrance
upon the premises of the party who sought the order of protection's
dwelling unit or place of employment or school, or being within a
certain distance of the party who sought the order of protection or
child of the party who sought the order of protection.
B.
An ex parte order of protection or a full order of protection entered pursuant to Chapter 455, RSMo., has been violated under this Section when the party against whom an order of protection has been entered violates the terms and conditions of the order by committing any of the acts listed in Section 210.200(A) and the party has notice of the order.
C.
For the purposes of determining notice of a full order of protection
under this Section, in addition to the notice provided by actual service
of the full order of protection, a party is deemed to have notice
of a full order of protection if the Law Enforcement Officer responding
to a call of a reported incident of domestic violence, stalking, sexual
assault, or violation of a full order of protection presents a copy
of the order to the party against whom the order has been entered.
D.
The fact that an act by the party against whom an order of protection
has been entered is a violation of a valid order of protection shall
not preclude prosecution of that party for other crimes arising out
of the incident in which the order of protection is alleged to have
been violated.
E.
Any Law Enforcement Officer who has probable cause to believe a violation
of this Section has occurred shall have the authority to arrest the
party against whom an order of protection has been entered whether
or not the violation occurred in the presence of the arresting Law
Enforcement Officer.
[Ord. No. 2021-3016, 2-9-2021]
A.
ABUSE
ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA
MENTAL INJURY
NEGLECT
PHYSICAL INJURY
Definitions.
As used in this Section, the following terms shall mean:
The infliction of physical, sexual, or mental injury against
a child by any person eighteen (18) years of age or older. For purposes
of this Section, abuse shall not include injury inflicted on a child
by accidental means by a person with care, custody, or control of
the child, or discipline of a child by a person with care, custody,
or control of the child, including spanking, in a reasonable manner.
A serious physical injury to the head or brain caused by
any means, including but not limited to shaking, jerking, pushing,
pulling, slamming, hitting, or kicking.
An injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity or
the emotional condition of a child as evidenced by an observable and
substantial impairment of the ability of the child to function within
their normal range of performance or behavior.
The failure to provide, by those responsible for the care,
custody, and control of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years,
the care reasonable and necessary to maintain the physical and mental
health of the child, when such failure presents a substantial probability
that death or physical injury or sexual injury would result.
Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition,
including but not limited to bruising, lacerations, hematomas, welts,
or permanent or temporary disfigurement and impairment of any bodily
function or organ.
B.
A person
commits the offense of abuse or neglect of a child if such person
knowingly causes a child who is less than eighteen (18) years of age:
C.
A person
commits the offense of abuse or neglect of a child if such person
recklessly causes a child who is less than eighteen (18) years of
age to suffer from abusive head trauma.
D.
A person
does not commit the offense of abuse or neglect of a child by virtue
of the sole fact that the person delivers or allows the delivery of
a child to a provider of emergency services.
E.
Nothing
in this Section shall be construed to alter the requirement that every
element of any offense referred to herein must be proven beyond a
reasonable doubt.
F.
Discipline,
including spanking administered in a reasonable manner, shall not
be construed to be abuse under this Section.
G.
The
violation of any provision of this Section shall be punished by a
fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment
not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day any violation of this Section shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
