(a) A person is guilty of breach of the peace in the first degree when, with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, such person places a nonfunctional imitation of an explosive or incendiary device or an imitation of a hazardous substance in a public place or in a place or manner likely to be discovered by another person.
(b) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Hazardous substance” means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, and (2) “public place” means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests.
(c) Breach of the peace in the first degree is a class D felony.
(Nov. 15 Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 5, 9.)
History: Nov. 15 Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective January 1, 2002.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 2010–2020 · leading case:
State v. Hall, 991 A.2d 598 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
State v. Hall, 991 A.2d 598 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 2× “See General Statutes §§ 53a-182b and 53a-183 (harassment); and General Statutes §§ 53a-180aa and 53a-181 (breach of the peace).”
Yorzinski v. Imbert, 39 F. Supp. 3d 218 (D. Conn. 2014).
“§ 53a-63 (reckless endan *222 germent, a misdemeanor); § 29—371 (“[responsibilities re storage of loaded firearms”), § 53a-217a (criminally negligent storage of a firearm, a Class D felony); and § 53a-180aa (first-degree breach of peace, a Class D felony) (Fletcher Report at…”
State v. Rivera, 240 A.3d 303 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 53a-180aa (a), which defines breach of the peace in the first degree, uses the same definition as that used in § 53a- 181 (a).”
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