Threatening and Terrorizing
17-A M.R.S. § 210 — a threat of a violent crime, Class D, and Class C when it empties a building
Intentionally or knowingly placing another person in fear of imminent bodily injury is criminal threatening, a Class D crime.
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- Communicating a threat to commit a crime of violence dangerous to human life, consciously disregarding a substantial risk that it will put someone in reasonable fear, is terrorizing, a Class D crime.
- It does not matter whether the fear in fact follows.
- When the risk is that a building, place of assembly or public transport facility is evacuated, or people are moved to or kept in a secured area, terrorizing is a Class C crime.
Sources for this section (2)
- 17-A M.R.S. § 209 — Criminal threatening
- 17-A M.R.S. § 210 — Terrorizing
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Maine attorney.