(A) Injuring public or private building; appurtenances to same. Whosoever wilfully, maliciously, or negligently breaks, defaces, enters, or destroys any public or private building, or breaks the glass in any such building, or throws stones or other missiles at any such building, or destroys or injures any fence, outbuilding, building, pump, wall fixture, or other appurtenances to such building, or who congregates in or about any unoccupied building, either in the daytime or nighttime, without the consent of the owner or agent of said property, shall be punishable as set forth in § 10.99
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(1978 Code, § 9.40.010)
(B) Injuring public building; property belonging to same; deemed misdemeanor. Whosoever wilfully, maliciously, or wantonly and without cause destroys, defaces, mars, or injures any school building, church, courthouse, or any other public building, or any furniture, apparatus, or other property belonging to or connected with such school, church, courthouse, or other public building within the city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punishable as set forth in § 10.99
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(1978 Code, § 9.40.020)
(C) Injuring lighting appliance deemed misdemeanor. Whosoever, within the city limits, cuts, bores, injures, or defaces any street lamp, pole, or other appliance used in connection with lighting the city, without the authority of the City Council, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as set forth in § 10.99
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(1978 Code, § 9.40.030)
(D) Injuring personal or real property; deemed misdemeanor. Whosoever within the city limits wantonly and wilfully injures, destroys, or removes from the premises of the owner any property whatsoever, whether personal or real, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as set forth in § 10.99
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(1978 Code, § 9.40.040)
(Ord. 2, passed - -1917; Ord. 4, passed - -1917) Penalty, see § 134.99
Statutory reference:
Criminal damage to property, see 720 ILCS 5/21-1 et seq.