Section 2C:12-10 - Definitions; stalking designated a crime; degrees

1 Analyses of this statute by attorneys

  1. Tracking Your Spouse Can Result In A Final Restraining Order Even When You Ask Your Dad For Help

    Fox Rothschild LLPLindsay HellerMarch 14, 2019

    L.G.’s FRO was entered based upon the predicate acts of stalking and harassment – both of which stem from the GPS. The statute guiding the predicate act of stalking is:N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10(b) [a] person is guilty of stalking, a crime of the fourth degree, if he purposefully or knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his safety or the safety of a third person or suffer other emotionaldistress.N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10(a) For the purposes of this statute: (1) “Course of conduct” means repeatedly maintaining a visual or physical proximity to a person; directly or indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, following, monitoring, observing, surveilling, threatening, or communicating to or about a person, or interfering with a person’s property; repeatedly committing harassment against a person; or repeatedly conveying, or causing to be conveyed, verbal or written threats or threats conveyedby any other means of communication or threatsimplied by conduct of a combination thereof directed ator toward a person.