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Criminal Mischief

January 23, 2012 by · Comments Off on Criminal Mischief 

Criminal Mischief, Mischief is a vexatious or annoying action, or, conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance. Young children, when they hear of mischief, think of practical jokes.

The etymology of the word comes from Old French meschief, which means “misfortune,’ from meschever, “to end badly.” The term ‘mischief’ tends to minimize or play down the extent or seriousness of the violence often associated with the attacks.

In United States criminal law, mischief is an offense against property that does not involve conversion. It typically involves any damage, defacement, alteration, or destruction of property. Common forms include vandalism, graffiti, or some other destruction or defacement of property other than arson. Governed by state law, criminal mischief is committed when a perpetrator, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he/she has such right, intentionally damages property of another person, intentionally participates in the destruction of property of another person, or participates in the reckless damage or destruction of property of another person. Criminal mischief is usually a misdemeanor.

In computer science and hacker jargon, mischief is a form of attack that clearly indicates the breach of the system and constitutes a form of injury or an infringement of rights, more specifically invasion of privacy, against which legal action can be taken to secure damages. Grey hat hackers often use mischief as a way to signal security breaches to system administrators.

Mischief is also a way for hackers to “prove” themselves to others. As an overt demonstration to other hackers of their skill in the use of force, these security breaches can be taken as a sign of criminal intent and may result in charges as serious as t*rror*sm. In this context, terroristic threat involves a threat to commit violence (the computer attack) communicated with intent to cause significant harm, inconvenience, or injury (the resulting breach) in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such harm, inconvenience, or injury. Brute force is associated with hacker ‘mischief’.

Animal Life The term mischief also refers to a group of pet, domestic rats. A mischief is a community family of rats ranging from any age or size, but only pertaining to those kept as pets. If wild species of rats are involved, it is referred to as a colony.

Man Shoots Change Machine

January 23, 2012 by · Comments Off on Man Shoots Change Machine 

Man Shoots Change Machine, Deputies are searching for the man they say shot a change machine several times in an effort to steal money from it. Surveillance video shows on the night of January 4, a man wearing a gray hoodie covering his face entered the Busy Bubbles laundromat on Cypress Gardens Road. He promptly walks to the change machine and fires a shot into it with a semi-automatic handgun.

After briefly inspecting the machine, he proceeds to fire several more rounds into it, before leaving as quickly as he came in. He was not able to get any money from the machine.

The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 5’11” tall, 185 lbs., wearing a gray hoodie and dark baggy pants.

If anyone has information about this incident or can identify this suspect, they are urged to contact Polk County Detective Jason Paquin at 863.287.9037.

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