Other Delaware crimes

Gang crimes

• Illegal gang participation

• Juvenile recruitment/retention for criminal street gang

Deadly-weapon or dangerous-instrument crimes

• Carrying concealed deadly weapon without license

• Carrying concealed dangerous instrument

• Possessing destructive weapon

• Unlawfully dealing with dangerous weapon

• Unlawfully dealing with switchblade knife

• Possession/purchase of deadly weapon by prohibited person

• Unsafe firearm storage

Crimes against order/decency - Disorderly conduct

• Intentionally causing (or creating risk of) public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another by improper conduct (e.g., fighting, disturbing lawful assembly without authority) or

• Engaging another in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm/serious inconvenience or annoyance/alarm, and refusing/knowingly failing to obey dispersal order by peace officer

Harassment—Intending to harass, annoy, or alarm another, defendant:

o Insults/taunts/challenges another in a manner known to be likely to provoke violent/disorderly response or cause a reasonable person to suffer fear/alarm/distress

o Communicates in a way known to be likely to cause annoyance and alarm

o Knowingly permits any phone under victim’s control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this law

o Uses obscene/sexually explicit language on phone suggesting the other engage in similar conduct knowing the person is likely to be caused annoyance/alarm or

o Makes repeated/anonymous calls to another knowing it is likely to cause annoyance/alarm

Fraud

• Unlawful use of credit card

• Unlawful use of payment card

• Criminal impersonation

Traffic offenses

—running red lights, speeding, not signaling, etc.

Wearing disguise or body armor during felony

—separate from initial felony

Hindering prosecution

—(1) intending to prevent/hinder/delay discovery/apprehension of someone, (2) knowing person committed crime or is sought by police, and (3) acting to prevent person’s apprehension by specified means (e.g., hiding person)

Obstructing justice

—corruptly intimidating/influencing/obstructing/impeding administration of law or investigation

Refusing to aid police

—unreasonably failing/refusing to aid police command in effecting arrest or preventing crime

Obstructing firefighters

—intentionally and unreasonably obstructing firefighters in extinguishing, or preventing/dissuading another from extinguishing/helping to extinguish, a fire

Falsely reporting incident

—knowing information is false/baseless, defendant reports specified false emergencies to specified organizations (generally)

Providing false statement to police

—intending to prevent/hinder/delay criminal investigation, knowingly providing false material statement (written or oral) to police

Resisting arrest

—defendant intentionally (1) prevents or attempts to prevent officer from arresting/detaining defendant or another or (2) flees from arresting/detaining officer

Resisting arrest - Without force

Class A misdemeanor

Resisting arrest - Without force or violence

—Class G felony: also includes causing physical injury to officer while officer arresting/detaining person