WHAT EACH CHARGE CARRIES

Also searched as DUI, drunk driving, driving under the influence

Operating, attempting to operate, or being in actual physical control of a vehicle on a highway with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or while under the influence of alcohol or another drug.

A refusal or a test over the limit also brings a civil license suspension, decided in its own hearing.

Also searched as careless driving, reckless driving

Operating a motor vehicle on a public highway in a negligent manner, judged by ordinary negligence: whether the driver breached the duty to use ordinary care.

Grossly negligent operation is the higher offense in the same section.

Also searched as attempting to elude, fleeing police, failure to stop for police

Failing to stop a vehicle when signaled by an officer displaying insignia, or by a police vehicle sounding a siren with blue lights.

Also searched as hit and run, failure to stop after a crash

As a driver in a crash that injures someone else or damages another's property, failing to stop, give reasonably necessary help, and give a name, residence, license number and the owner's name.

Also searched as driving on a suspended license, DLS

Driving on a public highway while a license is suspended for impaired driving, a civil DUI suspension, grossly negligent operation or leaving a serious crash, or a third civil violation within two years.

Driving during most other suspensions is a civil traffic violation, not this crime.

Also searched as criminal speeding

Driving 60 miles per hour or more and at least 30 miles per hour over the posted State or local limit, on a public highway.

Also searched as joyriding, taking a car without permission

Taking, operating or using another's motor vehicle when the person should have known, or knew, that the owner had not consented.

Also searched as letting a drunk friend drive, lending a car to an impaired driver

As an owner or person in control of a vehicle, intentionally giving a direct and immediate chance to drive to someone known to be under the influence of alcohol, or of drugs to a degree that makes driving unsafe.

Also searched as open container, drinking while driving

Consuming alcohol or cannabis while driving on a public highway, or having an open container of either in the passenger area while driving.

Also searched as carrying a weapon, gun charge

Carrying a dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent to injure another person.

Also searched as felon in possession, gun under an abuse order

Possessing a firearm after a conviction for a violent crime, or as a fugitive, the subject of a final relief from abuse order, or someone with listed felony charges pending.

Also searched as gun at school

Knowingly possessing a firearm or a dangerous or deadly weapon in a school building or on a school bus, without the school board's authorization.

Also searched as gun at the polls

Carrying a firearm at a polling place, or on the walks to it, on election day, unless it is stored in a motor vehicle.

Also searched as gun in a hospital

Knowingly possessing a firearm in a hospital building, outside the section's exceptions.

Also searched as selling a gun to a minor

Selling a firearm to a person under 21, outside the exceptions for law enforcement, the military and veterans, and holders of an approved hunter safety certificate.

Also searched as private gun sale without a dealer

Transferring a firearm between unlicensed people without both appearing with it before a licensed dealer who agrees to handle it, outside the family exception, or lying to the dealer.

Also searched as waiting period violation

Transferring a firearm before 72 hours pass after the transaction number, or before seven business days after the background check began.

Also searched as straw purchase, buying a gun for someone else

Buying a firearm for someone the buyer knows or reasonably should know is barred from having one, or means to carry it during a felony, or to pass it to such a person.

Also searched as high capacity magazine

Making, possessing, transferring, buying, receiving or importing a magazine holding more than 10 rounds for a long gun or more than 15 for a handgun, outside the exceptions.

Also searched as bump stock

Possessing a butt stock designed to make a semiautomatic firearm fire at the rate of an automatic by using its recoil.

Also searched as unsafe gun storage, child access

Storing a firearm where a child or prohibited person is likely to gain access, and that person then uses it, without a locked container or safety device.

Also searched as reckless endangerment, pointing a gun

Recklessly placing another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury, presumed when someone knowingly points a firearm at or toward another, loaded or not.

Also searched as pointing a firearm

Intentionally pointing or aiming a firearm at or toward another person, outside self-defense or official duty.

Also searched as careless shooting

Carelessly or negligently wounding another person by gunshot.

Also searched as red flag order violation

Intentionally doing what an extreme risk order forbids, or failing to do what it orders, after being served, or filing a petition known to be false or meant to harass.

Also searched as disturbing the peace

Fighting, unreasonable noise, abusive language in public, disturbing a lawful meeting, or obstructing traffic, intending public inconvenience or annoyance or recklessly risking it.

Also searched as targeted harassment

A course of conduct directed at a specific person, meant to annoy them or disturb their peace or privacy, through fighting, unreasonable noise, public abusive language, or threats.

Also searched as night noise

Disturbing the public peace between sunset and sunrise by firing guns, blowing horns, or other unnecessary and offensive noise.

Also searched as assault

Causing or trying to cause bodily injury to another, or by physical menace putting another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.

Also searched as assault with a deadly weapon

Causing serious bodily injury, causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon, threatening with a deadly weapon, or the other forms the section lists.

Also searched as domestic violence

Trying to cause, or willfully or recklessly causing, bodily injury to a family or household member, or willfully causing one to fear imminent serious bodily injury.

Also searched as aggravated domestic assault

A domestic assault causing serious bodily injury, or threatening a family or household member with a deadly weapon, among the forms the section lists.

Also searched as violating a restraining order, VAPO

Intentionally doing what an abuse prevention order, a stalking or sexual assault order, or a protective order about contact with a child forbids, or failing to do what it orders, after being served.

Also searched as following someone, harassing someone repeatedly

Intentionally stalking another person, through a course of conduct the chapter defines.

Also searched as making threats

Knowingly threatening someone by words or conduct, placing them in reasonable fear of death, serious bodily injury or sexual assault.

Also searched as phone harassment, harassing texts

Contacting someone by phone or electronic message intending to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass or annoy, through threats, obscene proposals, or repeated calls or messages.

Also searched as taking a phone to stop a call for help

During or after a crime, willfully preventing or trying to prevent someone from seeking or getting emergency medical, third party or law enforcement help.

Also searched as trespassing

Entering or staying on land or in a place without legal authority or consent, after actual notice against trespass or signs designed to give it.

Also searched as vandalism, criminal mischief

Damaging another's property without a right or reasonable ground to believe there is one, with the level set by the value and the intent.

Also searched as theft, stealing, grand larceny, petit larceny

Stealing money, goods or other listed property from the actual or constructive possession of another, other than from the person.

Also searched as shoplifting

Taking merchandise without paying, switching or removing price tags, or moving goods between containers to pay less, meaning to wrongfully deprive the merchant.

Also searched as possession of stolen property, fencing

Buying, receiving, selling, possessing or helping conceal property known to be stolen, unless holding it to return to the owner; punished as stealing it.

Also searched as robbery, armed robbery, mugging

Assaulting someone and taking money or property from their person or in their presence.

Also searched as dine and dash, skipping a bill

Obtaining services known to be available only for pay by deception, threat, false token or another way of avoiding payment, or diverting others' services to someone not entitled.

Also searched as fraud, obtaining by false pretenses

Obtaining money, property, a release of a debt, or a signature by false pretenses or a false token, with intent to defraud.

Also searched as stolen identity

Obtaining, possessing, using, selling or transferring another person's identifying information intending to commit a crime, or passing it on so a third person can.

Also searched as bounced check, insufficient funds

Issuing or passing a check knowing it will not be honored, with knowledge inferred in the circumstances the section lists.

Also searched as rental car not returned

Intentionally and without good cause failing to return a rented car within 72 hours after the agreed time, without notice or an extension, after the boldface notice of the law.

Also searched as resisting

Intentionally trying to prevent one's own lawful arrest by someone who would reasonably appear to be a law enforcement officer; a mistaken belief that the arrest was unlawful is no defense.

Also searched as interfering with an arrest

Intentionally hindering a law enforcement officer's arrest of another person, when it would reasonably appear the officer is one.

Also searched as obstructing an officer

Hindering an executive, judicial, law enforcement, civil or military officer acting under State authority, or taking a weapon from a law enforcement officer.

Also searched as witness intimidation, witness tampering

Corruptly, or by threats or force, intimidating or impeding a witness, juror or court officer, harming them or their property because of a case, or obstructing the administration of justice.