Sec. 53a-62. Threatening in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor or class D felony.
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(a)A person is guilty of threatening in the second degree when:
(1)By physical threat, such person intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury,
(A)such person threatens to commit any crime of violence with the intent to terrorize another person, or
(B)such person threatens to commit such crime of violence in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror, or
(3)violates subdivision
(1)or
(2)of this subsection and the person threatened is in a building or on the grounds of a
(A)house of religious worship,
(B)religiously-affiliated community center,
(C)public or nonpublic preschool, school or institution of higher education, or
(D)day care center, as defined in section 19a-87g , during operational, preschool, school or instructional hours or when a building or the grounds of such house of worship, community center, preschool, school, institution or day care center are being used for the provision of religious or community services, or house of worship, community center, preschool, school, institution or day care center-sponsored activities.
(b)For the purposes of this section, “religiously-affiliated community center” has the same meaning as provided in section 53a-61aa .
(c)Threatening in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor, except that a violation of subdivision
(3)of subsection
(a)of this section is a class D felony.