Legal Question in Criminal Law in Kentucky

Re: Teroristic Threatening 3rd degree

A class A misdemeanor, carries up to a year in jail. Some prosecutor's take this seriously.

508.080 Terroristic threatening in the third degree.

(1) Except as provided in KRS 508.075 or 508.078, a person is guilty of terroristic

threatening in the third degree when:

(a) He threatens to commit any crime likely to result in death or serious physical

injury to another person or likely to result in substantial property damage to

another person; or

(b) He intentionally makes false statements for the purpose of causing evacuation

of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation.

(2) Terroristic threatening in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.