Policy Text
POLICY
176.0CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
REVISED: 11/2011 RELATED POLICIES:
Reviewed by Chief David Magnusson
4/2019
A.FLORIDA STATE STATUE 806.13 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
A person commits the offense of criminal mischief if he willfully and maliciously injures
or damages by any means any real or personal property belonging to another, including,
but not limited to, the placement of graffiti thereon or other acts of vandalism thereto.
1.If the damage to such property is $200 or less, it is a misdemeanor of the second
degree.
2.If the damage to such property is greater than $200 but less than $1,000, it is a
misdemeanor of the first degree.
3.If the damage is $1,000 or greater or if there is interruption or impairment of
business operation or public communication, transportation, supply of water, gas
or power or other public service, which costs $1,000 or more in labor and supplies
to restore, it is a felony of the third degree.
4.Any person who willfully and maliciously defaces, injures, or damages by any
means any church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship, or any religious
article contained therein is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
5.Whoever, without the consent of the owner thereof, willfully destroys or
substantially damages any public telephone, or telephone cables, wires, fixtures,
antennas, amplifiers or appliances, which destruction or damage renders a public
telephone inoperative or which opens the body of a public telephone, shall be
guilty of a felony of the third degree provided; however, that a conspicuous notice
of the provision of this subsection and the penalties provided shall have been
posted on or near the destroyed or damaged instrument and visible to the public at
the time of the commission of the offense.
6.Any person who violates a provision of this section may, in addition to any other
criminal penalty, be required to pay for the damages caused by such offense.
B.FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 806.14 ART WORKS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS;
WILLFUL DAMAGE; UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL; PENALTIES
1.Whoever willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures or without authority
removes any work of art displayed in a public building is guilty of a criminal
offense.
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2.If the damage to the work of art is such that the cost of restoration in labor and
supplies or replacement value is $200 or less, the offense is a misdemeanor of the
second degree.
3.If the damage to the work of art is such that the cost of restoration in labor and
supplies or if the replacement value is greater than $200, but less than $1,000, the
offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
4.If the damage to the work of art is such that the cost of restoration in labor and
supplies or the replacement value is $1,000 or more, the offense is a felony of the
third degree.
C.These offenses, whether felonies or misdemeanors, will be reported on a regular offense
report and an appropriate investigation conducted.
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