JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS CRIMINAL THREAT & Defenses

Kansas Criminal Threat Defined
In Johnson County, Kansas, the charge of criminal threat means that the prosecutor must prove that you threatened to :

• Commit a violent act communicated with intent to place the alleged victim(s) in fear;
• To cause evacuation, lock down or disruption;
• With reckless disregarded the risk of causing fear, evacuation, lock down or disruption;
• Adulterated or contaminated any food, raw agricultural commodity, beverage, drug, animal feed, plant or public water supply; or
• Exposed an animal to any contagious or infectious disease.

Kansas Criminal Threat Punishment
In Kansas, criminal threat is a level 9 person felony. This crime has a potential sentence of 13 months in jail and up to a $100,000 fine.

Kansas Aggravated Criminal Threat
Aggravated criminal threat is the commission of a criminal threat, as defined above, when a public, commercial or industrial building, place of assembly or facility of transportation is evacuated, locked down or disrupted as to regular, ongoing activities as a result of the threat. Even if you did not intend to cause harm or disruption.

Kansas Aggravated Criminal Threat Punishment
Aggravated criminal threat is a level 5 person felony. It is punishable by 17 months and up to $100,000 fines. 

Kansas Criminal Threat Defenses

• Lack of necessary mind state for intent (ex. intoxication)
• Threat was ambiguous 
• Threat was idle talk or jest (i.e. lacked the seriousness necessary for criminal threat)

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