New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 145.45 Tampering with a consumer product in the first degree.
A person is guilty of tampering with a consumer product in the first
degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to
believe that he has such right, and with intent to cause physical injury
to another or with intent to instill in another a fear that he will
cause such physical injury, he alters, adulterates or otherwise
contaminates a consumer product and thereby creates a substantial risk
of serious physical injury to one or more persons.
Tampering with a consumer product in the first degree is a class E
felony.
