Title: NY Penal Law § 120.15: Menacing in the third degree
Headings: NY Penal Law § 120.15: Menacing in the third degree
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NY Penal Law § 120.15: Menacing in the third degree
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Content: In other words, instead of actually causing someone physical harm, you threaten to do so. There are four menacing offenses in the New York Penal Code. The least serious is menacing in the third degree. According to New York Penal Code § 120.15 you will face a charge of menacing in the third degree if you do anything that puts another person in reasonable fear of physical injury or death. It is a class B misdemeanor. Example
Two young men are in a parking lot on the Fourth of July drinking beer. As the evening progresses the two start to bicker. The bickering escalates into arguing. One man approaches the other with clenched fists and spews several threats about beating him to death. However, the man who uttered the threats does not actually touch the other man.