Sec. 53a-115. Criminal mischief in the first degree: Class D felony.
Sec. 53a-115. Criminal mischief in the first degree: Class D felony. (a) A person
is guilty of criminal mischief in the first degree when: (1) With intent to cause damage
to tangible property of another and having no reasonable ground to believe that such
person has a right to do so, such person damages tangible property of another in an
amount exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, or (2) with intent to cause an
interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public and having no reasonable
ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, such person damages or tampers
with tangible property of a utility or mode of public transportation, power or communication, and thereby causes an interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public,
or (3) with intent to cause damage to any electronic monitoring equipment owned or
leased by the state or its agent and required as a condition of probation or conditional
discharge pursuant to section 53a-30, as a condition of release pursuant to section 54-64a or as a condition of community release pursuant to section 18-100c, and having no
reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, such person damages
such electronic monitoring equipment and thereby causes an interruption in its ability
to function, or (4) with intent to cause an interruption or impairment of service rendered
to the public and having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right
to do so, such person damages or tampers with (A) any tangible property owned by
the state, a municipality or a person for fire alarm or police alarm purposes, (B) any
telecommunication system operated by the state police or a municipal police department,
(C) any emergency medical or fire service dispatching system, (D) any fire suppression
equipment owned by the state, a municipality, a person or a fire district, or (E) any fire
hydrant or hydrant system owned by the state or a municipality, a person, a fire district
or a private water company, or (5) with intent to cause damage to tangible property
owned by the state or a municipality that is located on public land and having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, such person damages such
tangible property in an amount exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars.
(b) Criminal mischief in the first degree is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 117; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 21; P.A. 83-330, S. 1; P.A. 92-260, S. 48; P.A. 00-141, S. 4; P.A. 01-8;
P.A. 05-234, S. 4.)
History: 1971 act added Subsec. (a)(3) re tampering with fire or police alarms; P.A. 83-330 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to
designate damaging or tampering with fire or police alarms as Subpara. (A) and to add Subparas. (B) to (E) re damaging
or tampering with telecommunication systems, emergency medical or fire service dispatching systems, fire suppression
equipment and fire hydrants or hydrant systems; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 00-141 amended
Subsec. (a) by making technical changes, adding new Subdiv. (3) re intentional damage to electronic monitoring equipment
and redesignating former Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4); P.A. 01-8 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to include damage to electronic
monitoring equipment required as a condition of community release pursuant to Sec. 18-100c; P.A. 05-234 added Subsec.
(a)(5) re damage to tangible property owned by the state or a municipality located on public land in an amount exceeding
$1,500, effective January 1, 2006.
See Sec. 53a-44a re surcharge on fine for criminal mischief on public land.
Cited. 197 C. 326.
Cited. 46 CA 118.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (1) cited. 191 C. 412; 240 C. 708.
Subdiv. (1) cited. 29 CA 59.
Subdiv. (2) cited. 39 CS 400.