Section 145.20. Criminal tampering in the first degree  


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  • A  person  is  guilty  of criminal tampering in the first degree when,
      with intent to cause a  substantial  interruption  or  impairment  of  a
      service  rendered  to  the  public, and having no right to do so nor any
      reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right,  he  or  she
      damages  or  tampers  with  property of a gas, electric, sewer, steam or
      water-works corporation,  telephone  or  telegraph  corporation,  common
      carrier, nuclear powered electric generating facility, or public utility
      operated  by  a  municipality  or  district,  and  thereby  causes  such
      substantial interruption or impairment of service.
        Criminal tampering in the first degree is a class D felony.