CID Jonesboro GA. Calls 1-5 times a day everyday. Never leaves a message, always hangs up when you do answer. When I try to call back says number is not in service. Phone harassment plain and simple and is a crime.
Tex. Penal Code § 42.07. Harassment
(1) initiates communication by telephone, in writing, or by
electronic communication and in the course of the communication makes a
comment, request, suggestion, or proposal that is obscene;
(2) threatens, by telephone, in writing, or by electronic
communication, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person
receiving the threat, to inflict bodily injury on the person or to
commit a felony against the person, a member of his family or
household, or his property;
(3) conveys, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person receiving the report, a false report, which is known by the conveyor to be false, that another person has suffered death or serious bodily injury;
(4) causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly or makes repeated telephone communications anonymously or in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another;
(5) makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the connection;
(6) knowingly permits a telephone under the person’s control to be used by another to commit an offense under this section; or
(7) sends repeated electronic communications in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another.
(A) a communication initiated by electronic mail, instant message, network call, or facsimile machine; and
(B) a communication made to a pager.
(1) “Electronic communication” means a transfer of signs, signals,
writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature
transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic,
photoelectronic, or photo-optical system. The term includes:
(2) “Family” and “household” have the meaning assigned by Chapter 71, Family Code.
(3) “Obscene” means containing a patently offensive description of or a solicitation to commit an ultimate sex act, including sexual intercourse, masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus, or a description of an excretory function.
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, he:
(b) In this section:
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor [up to
$2,000 fine, 180 days’ imprisonment or both], except that the offense is a
Class A misdemeanor [up to $4,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both] if the actor has
previously been convicted under this section.
CID Jonesboro GA. Calls 1-5 times a day everyday. Never leaves a message, always hangs up when you do answer. When I try to call back says number is not in service. Phone harassment plain and simple and is a crime.
Tex. Penal Code § 42.07. Harassment
(1) initiates communication by telephone, in writing, or by
electronic communication and in the course of the communication makes a
comment, request, suggestion, or proposal that is obscene;
(2) threatens, by telephone, in writing, or by electronic
communication, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person
receiving the threat, to inflict bodily injury on the person or to
commit a felony against the person, a member of his family or
household, or his property;
(3) conveys, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person receiving the report, a false report, which is known by the conveyor to be false, that another person has suffered death or serious bodily injury;
(4) causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly or makes repeated telephone communications anonymously or in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another;
(5) makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the connection;
(6) knowingly permits a telephone under the person’s control to be used by another to commit an offense under this section; or
(7) sends repeated electronic communications in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another.
(A) a communication initiated by electronic mail, instant message, network call, or facsimile machine; and
(B) a communication made to a pager.
(1) “Electronic communication” means a transfer of signs, signals,
writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature
transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic,
photoelectronic, or photo-optical system. The term includes:
(2) “Family” and “household” have the meaning assigned by Chapter 71, Family Code.
(3) “Obscene” means containing a patently offensive description of or a solicitation to commit an ultimate sex act, including sexual intercourse, masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus, or a description of an excretory function.
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, he:
(b) In this section:
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor [up to
$2,000 fine, 180 days’ imprisonment or both], except that the offense is a
Class A misdemeanor [up to $4,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both] if the actor has
previously been convicted under this section.