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Criminal Tampering

Criminal tampering can be in either the first or the second degree. First degree criminal tampering is a Class 1 misdemeanor, and second degree criminal tampering is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

First degree criminal tampering occurs where a person, intending to interrupt or impair a service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution providing health or safety protection,tampers with property of a utility or institution.

Second degree criminal tampering occurs where a person tampers with the property of another person with intent to cause injury, inconvenience, or annoyance to that person or to another or if he knowingly makes an unauthorized connection with property of a utility.