Harassment

RCW: 9A.46.020

Elements of the Crime & PC Checklist

Essential facts to establish probable cause.

The defendant, without lawful authority, knowingly threatened:
To cause bodily injury immediately or in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; OR
To cause physical damage to the property of a person other than the actor; OR
To subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint; OR
Maliciously to do any other act which is intended to substantially harm the person threatened or another with respect to his or her physical or mental health or safety;
And by words or conduct placed the person threatened in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out.

Identify the specific threat made.
Establish the threat was communicated to the victim.
Victim statement articulating they were in reasonable fear the threat would be carried out.
Evidence of the communication (texts, emails, voicemails, witness to verbal threat).
Determine if there are prior convictions that would elevate the charge to a felony.