Chris’s friends have dared him to remove a stop sign from a neighborhood. That evening, Chris walks through his ex-girlfriend’s neighborhood and decides to take the stop sign at a busy intersection. The next morning, Chris read that there were four accidents at the site where he removed the sign. With what crime will Chris be charged? What are the three types of acts for this crime? Which of these acts most closely characterizes Chris’s criminal behavior, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Chris will be charged with malicious mischief. The three types of acts for this crime are (1) destruction or damage to tangible property—injury to property, (2) tampering with tangible property so as to endanger a person or property—interference with property that creates a danger, and (3) deception or threat causing financial loss. Students should evaluate Chris’s criminal behavior according to one of the three types of acts with the mens rea of either purposely or recklessly, but reckless tampering with tangible property so as to endanger a person or property may be the most common answer.
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