Assault Offenses
Aggravated Assault •
Approximately 31% were assigned to
the Domestic Violence Unit.
Decreased 8.3%
51% occurred within a residence, 22% on a highway, road, or in an alley, and 11% in parking lot/ garage.
•
Decreased 3.4%
Simple Assaults •
Approximately 58% were assigned to
Increased 9.2%
the Domestic Violence Unit.
Intimidation To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subject the victim to actual physical attack.
Aggravated Assault An unlawful attack by one person upon another wherein the offender uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or the victim suffers ob- vious severe or aggravated bodily injury.
Simple Assaults An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury.
Kidnapping/Abduction There were 57 kidnapping/abduction offenses in the Fourth Quarter of 2022 compared to 45 offenses in the Fourth Quarter of 2021, which is a 26.7% increase. Of the 57 kidnapping offenses this quarter, 47 were unlawful restraints, 3 were kidnappings, and 7 were aggravated kidnappings.
Yes No Victim Relationship
Please refer to Texas Penal Code Title 5, Chapter 20 for full definitions, below are abbreviated definitions of each:
• Unlawful restraint:
Intentionally or knowingly
[restraining] another person.
• Kidnapping : Intentionally or knowingly [abducting] another person … not coupled with intent to use or to threaten to use deadly force. • Aggravated Kidnapping : Intentionally or knowingly [abducting] another person with the intent [for exam- ple] to hold him for ransom or reward … use him as a shield or hostage...inflict bodily injury. Transport : benefit [transporting] an individual in a manner that is designed to conceal the individual from … law enforce- ment authorities … and [creating] a substantial likelihood that the individual will suffer serious bodily injury or death. • Unlawful For pecuniary
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