§ 145.15 Criminal tampering in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the second degree when,
having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he
has such right, he or she tampers or makes connection 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; except that in any prosecution under this section, it is an
affirmative defense that the defendant did not engage in such conduct
for a larcenous or otherwise unlawful or wrongful purpose.
Criminal tampering in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
