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Harassment 2nd Degree - Violation (P.L. 240.26) Correct Answer: A person has committed Harassment when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person by: Physical Contact (sub. 1): He or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects any person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same. Annoying by Following (sub. 2): He or she follows a person in or about a public place. Annoying Conduct Generally (sub. 3): He or she engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy other persons and which serve no legitimate purpose. Note: Regarding Subdivisions (2) and (3) Only: These provisions do not apply to conduct which constitutes picketing or other labor-related activity governed by federal labor statutes. Harassment 1st Degree - Misdemeanor (P.L. 240.25) Correct Answer: A person has committed Harassment 1st Degree - Misdemeanor when, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person: 2 1. Repeatedly Annoys by Following - He or she repeatedly follows such person in or about a public place or places; reasonable fear of physical injury. 2. He or she repeatedly engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts, which place such person in reasonable fear of physical injury. Aggravated Harassment 2nd Degree - Misdemeanor (P.L. 240.30) Correct Answer: A person has committed Aggravated Harassment 2nd Degree when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another: 1. Mail, Telephone, etc. - He communicates or causes a communication to be produced by mechanical or electronic means or otherwise, with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other form of written communication* in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm. 2. Telephone - He makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensures, with no legitimate communication. 3. Physical Contact - He strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects any person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation, regardless of whether such belief or perception is correct. 4. Physical Contact with Family Member - He strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects another person to physical contact thereby causing physical injury to such 3 person or to a family or household member of such person as defined in section 530.11(Family) of the Criminal Procedure Law. 5. Previous Conviction - He or she commits the crime of Harassment 1st Degree and has been previously convicted of the crime of Harassment 1st Degree within the previous ten years. Aggravated Harassment 1ST Degree - Felony (P.L. 240.31) Correct Answer: A person has committed Aggravated Harassment 1st Degree - felony when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation, regardless of whether such belief or perception is correct, he or she: 1. Damages premises primarily used for religious purposes and the damage to the premises is over $50.00. 2. Commits Aggravated Harassment 2nd Degree - misdemeanor by the physical contact subdivision and either: Has been previously convicted of Aggravated Harassment 2nd Degree - misdemeanor by physical contact at any time in the past; or Has been previously convicted of Aggravated Harassment 1st Degree - felony within the previous ten years. 3. Etches, paints, draws upon or otherwise places a swastika, commonly exhibited as the emblem of Nazi Germany, on any building or other real property, public or private, 4 owned by any person, firm or corporation or any public agency or instrumentality, without express permission of the owner or operator of such building or real property; or 4. Sets on fire a cross in public view. 5. Etches, paints, draws upon or otherwise places or displays a noose, commonly exhibited as a symbol of racism and intimidation, on any building or other real property, public or private, owned by any person, firm or corporation or any public agency or instrumentality, without express permission of the owner or operator of such building or real property. Reckless Endangerment - Misdemeanor (P.L. 120.20) Correct Answer: A person is charged with Reckless Endangerment, misdemeanor, when: "He recklessly engages in conduct, which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person." A person acts "recklessly" when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk. In this case, he disregards a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person.