(a) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second 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 two hundred fifty 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 public utility or mode of public transportation, power or communication, and thereby causes a risk of interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public; or(3) 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 two hundred fifty dollars.(b) Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-116
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 118; P.A. 05-234, S. 5.)
Cited. 236 Conn. 266. Cited. 11 Conn.App. 805; 36 Conn.App. 680. Cited. 38 Conn.Supp. 301.
See Sec. 53a-44a re surcharge on fine for criminal mischief on public land.