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Crime Type | Definition |
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Arson | To unlawfully and intentionally damage or attempt to damage any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device |
Assault | An intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent |
Battery | To actually and intentionally touch or strik another person against the will of the other; or Intentionally cause bodily harm to another person |
Burglary | Entering a dwelling, a structure, or a conveyance with the intent to commit an offense therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the defendant is licensed or invited to enter |
Drugs | The violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution, and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use |
DUI | Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, etc. |
Fire | A crime to burn certain types of property under particular circumstances |
Fraud | The intentional perversion of the truth for the purpose of inducing another person or other entity in reliance upon it to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right |
Harass | A course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such a person and serves no legitimate purpose |
Mischief | The intentional or knowing damage or destruction of the tangible property of another |
Murder | The unlawful killing of a human being |
Robbery | The taking of money or other property which may be the subject of larceny from the person or custody of another, with intent to either permanently or temporarily deprive the person or the owner of the money or other property, when in the course of the taking there is the use of force, violence, assault, or putting in fear |
Theft | A person commits theft if he or she knowingly obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or to use, the property of another with intent to, either temporarily or permanently: Deprive the other person of a right to the property or a benefit from the property. Appropriate the property to his or her own use or to the use of any person not entitled to the use of the property |
Traffic | Traffic accidents and violations |