(a) A person commits the offense of riot if, with two (2) or more other persons, he or she knowingly engages in tumultuous or violent conduct that creates a substantial risk of: (1) Causing public alarm; (2) Disrupting the performance of a governmental function; or (3) Damaging or injuring property or a person. (b) Riot […]
(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated riot if he or she commits the offense of riot when: (1) The person knowingly possesses a deadly weapon; or (2) The person knows that another person with whom he or she is acting possesses a deadly weapon. (b) Aggravated riot is a Class D felony.
(a) A person commits the offense of inciting riot if he or she knowingly: (1) By speech or conduct urges others to participate in a riot under circumstances that produce a clear and present danger that they will participate in a riot; or (2) Gives commands, instructions, or signals to others in furtherance of a […]
(a) A person commits the offense of arming rioters if he or she: (1) Furnishes a deadly weapon or explosive device to another person knowing the deadly weapon or explosive device is to be used in a riot; or (2) Instructs another person in the preparation or use of a deadly weapon or explosive device […]
(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he or she: (1) Assembles with two (2) or more other persons; and (2) Has the purpose of engaging in conduct constituting a riot. (b) Unlawful assembly is a Class C misdemeanor.
(a) A person commits the offense of failure to disperse if, during a riot or an unlawful assembly, he or she refuses or knowingly fails to disperse when ordered to disperse by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law. (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under […]
(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or tumultuous behavior; (2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise; (3) In a public […]
(a) A person commits the offense of harassment if, with purpose to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, without good cause, he or she: (1) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person, subjects that person to offensive physical contact or attempts or threatens to do so; (2) In a public place, directs obscene language […]
(a) As used in this section, “electronic device” includes a computer, cell phone, tablet, smartphone, or any other device that connects to the internet or is used in the electronic transmission of communication or information. (b) A person commits the offense of harassing communications if: (1) With the purpose to harass, annoy, or alarm another […]
(a) A person commits the offense of communicating a false alarm if he or she purposely initiates or circulates a report of a present, past, or impending bombing, fire, offense, catastrophe, or other emergency while knowing that the report is false or baseless and knowing that it is likely to: (1) Cause action of any […]
(a) A person commits the offense of threatening a fire or bombing if he or she purposely threatens damage or injury to the person or property of another person by bombing, fire, or other means, in a manner likely to: (1) Place another person in reasonable apprehension of: (A) Physical injury to that person or […]
(a) A person commits the offense of public intoxication if he or she appears in a public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance to the degree and under circumstances such that: (1) The person is likely to endanger himself or herself or another person or property; or (2) The person […]
(a) A person commits the offense of loitering if he or she: (1) Lingers, remains, or prowls in a public place or the premises of another person without apparent reason and under circumstances that warrant alarm or concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity and, upon inquiry by a law enforcement […]
(a) A person commits the offense of obstructing a highway or other public passage if, having no legal privilege to do so and acting alone or with another person, he or she renders any highway or other public passage impassable to pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this […]
(a) A person commits the offense of defacing objects of public respect if he or she purposely: (1) Defaces, mars, or otherwise damages any public monument; (2) Defaces, mars, or otherwise damages a work of art on display in any public place; (3) Defaces, mars, desecrates, or otherwise damages any place of worship, cemetery, or […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Communication” means the electronic communication of information of a person’s choosing between or among points specified by the person without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received; (2) “Electronic means” means any textual, visual, written, or oral communication of any kind made […]
(a) It is unlawful for a person to possess an open alcoholic beverage container within an area of a motor vehicle if the area of the motor vehicle is: (1) Designated to seat the driver or a passenger in the motor vehicle; or (2) Readily accessible to the driver or a passenger in the motor […]
(a) (1) It is unlawful for any group composed of two (2) or more persons to act jointly with one another or attempt any action in conjunction with one another at a public, private, or parochial school or college of this state, to: (A) Obstruct or bar any hallway or door of any campus building […]
(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping in this state. (2) Nothing in this section prohibits a landowner or lessee from exercising his or her lawful right to prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping on […]
(a) (1) A person commits stalking in the first degree if he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct that would place a reasonable person in the victim’s position under emotional distress and in fear for his or her safety or a third person’s safety, and the actor: (A) Does so in contravention […]
