537.01 Negligent homicide.
537.02 Vehicular homicide and manslaughter.
537.03 Assault.
537.04 Negligent assault.
537.05 Aggravated menacing.
537.055 Menacing by stalking.
537.06 Menacing.
537.07 Endangering children.
537.08 Unlawful restraint.
537.09 Coercion.
537.10 Telecommunication harassment.
537.11 Threatening or harassing telephone calls.
537.12 Misuse of 9-1-1 system.
537.13 Adulterating of or furnishing adulterated food or confection.
537.14 Domestic violence.
537.15 Temporary protection order.(Repealed)
537.16 Criminal child enticement.
537.17 Contributing to unruliness or delinquency of a child.
537.18 Intimidation.
537.19 Failing to provide for a functionally impaired person.
537.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
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Physical harm to persons defined - see GEN. OFF. 505.01(c), (e)
Fighting, provoking violent response - see GEN. OFF. 509.03
(a) No person shall negligently cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as defined in Section 549.01.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligent homicide, a misdemeanor
of the first degree. (Ord. 33-02. Passed 11-4-02.)
(a) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, snowmobile, locomotive, watercraft, or aircraft, shall cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy in any of the following ways:
(1) Negligently;
(2) As the proximate result of committing a violation of any provision of any section contained in Chapter 45 of the Ohio Revised Code that is a minor misdemeanor or of a municipal ordinance that, regardless of the penalty set by ordinance for the violation, is substantially equivalent to any provision of any section contained in Chapter 45 of the Ohio Revised Code that is a minor misdemeanor.
(b) (1) Whoever violates subsection (a)(1) of this section is guilty of vehicular homicide. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, vehicular homicide is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) Whoever violates subsection (a)(2) of this section is guilty of vehicular manslaughter. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, vehicular manslaughter is a misdemeanor of the second degree. Vehicular manslaughter is a misdemeanor of the first degree if, at the time of the offense, the offender was driving under a suspension imposed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, or any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense.
(c) The court shall impose a mandatory prison term on an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of subsection (a)(1) hereof if either of the following applies:
(1) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or Ohio R.C. 2903.06 or 2903.08.
(2) At the time of the offense, the offender was driving under suspension under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Mandatory prison term” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.
(2) “Traffic-related homicide, manslaughter or assault offense” means a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.04 in circumstances in which division (D) of that section applies, a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06 or 2903.08, or a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06, 2903.07 or 2903.08 as they existed prior to March 23, 2000.
(e) For the purposes of this section, when a penalty or suspension is enhanced because of a prior or current violation of a specified law or a prior or current specified offense, the reference to the violation of the specified law or the specified offense includes any violation of any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, former law of this State, or current or former law of another state or the United States.
(f) The court imposing a sentence upon an offender for any violation of a municipal ordinance substantially equivalent to a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06 also shall impose a suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege that is equivalent in length to the suspension required for a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06 under similar circumstances.
(Ord. 34-02. Passed 11-4-02.)
(a) No person shall knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm to another or to another’s unborn.
(b) No person shall recklessly cause serious physical harm to another or to another’s unborn.
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of assault, a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 501.99, provided the offense is not committed by a caretaker against a functionally impaired person under his or her care and provided the offense is not committed in either of the following circumstances:
(1) The offense occurs in or on the grounds of a State penal or reformatory institution or an institution of the Ohio Department of Youth Services, the victim of the offense is an employee of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the Ohio Department of Youth Services, or a probation department, or is on the premises of the particular institution for business purposes or as a visitor, and the offense is committed by a person incarcerated in the State penal or reformatory institution, a person institutionalized in the Ohio Department of Youth Services institution pursuant to a commitment to the Ohio Department of Youth Services, or a probationer, furloughee or parolee;
(2) The offense occurs off the grounds of a State penal or reformatory institution and off the grounds of an institution of the Ohio Department of Youth Services, the victim of the offense is an employee of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the Ohio Department of Youth Services, or a probation department, the offense occurs during the employee's official work hours and while he or she is engaged in official work responsibilities, and the offense is committed by a person incarcerated in a State penal or reformatory institution or institutionalized in the Ohio Department of Youth Services institution, who temporarily is outside of the institution for any purpose, or by a probationer, parolee or furloughee.
(Ord. 35-02. Passed 11-4-02.)
(a) No person shall negligently, by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as defined in Section 549.01, cause physical harm to another or to another’s unborn.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligent assault, a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Ord. 36-02. Passed 11-4-02.)
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