Railroad Mischief
Definitions and interpretations of "serious bodily injury"
Elements
• A person who, without the consent of the owner of the property, recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damages or defaces:
(1) a locomotive, a railroad car, a train, or equipment of a railroad company being operated on a railroad right-of-way;
(2) a part of any railroad signal system, train control system, centralized dispatching system, or highway railroad grade crossing warning signal on a railroad right-of-way owned, leased, or operated by a railroad company; or
(3) any rail, switch, roadbed, viaduct, bridge, trestle, culvert, or embankment on a right-of-way owned, leased, or operated by a railroad company;
commits railroad mischief, a Level 6 felony.
Enhancements
• [T]he offense is a Level 5 felony if the offense results in serious bodily injury to another person and a Level 2 felony if the offense results in the death of another person.
Definitions and interpretations of “serious bodily injury”
• For definitions and interpretations of “serious bodily injury,” please review Serious Bodily Injury.