![]() The value is determined by ”the cost of repair or replacement of the property damaged or destroyed.” In addition to facing a fine in the thousands of dollars and potentially years behind bars, a person convicted of malicious mischief will be ordered to pay restitution to the owner.Įven if you didn’t personally damage or destroy anyone’s property, if you encouraged someone else to, you could still face malicious mischief charges. ![]() The greater the value is, the greater the fine and the longer the prison sentence can be. For example, if it’s worth $1,000 or less, it’s typically a misdemeanor. ![]() The level of charge depends on how much the property is worth. Anyone “who shall maliciously or mischievously destroy, disfigure, or injure, or cause to be destroyed, disfigured, or injured, any property of another” can face criminal charges. Here in Mississippi, the crime is usually “malicious mischief. If the vandalism involves some sort of racial or religious epithet, it may be considered a hate crime. When it’s public property, the law can be harsher. ![]() Every state, including Mississippi, has laws against defacing or destroying someone else’s property. Back in our parents’ or maybe grandparents’ day, what’s commonly referred to as “vandalism” often wasn’t treated as seriously as it is now.
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