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18 § 3301 | Arson

 * Summary: Fire or explosion was started with purpose of causing death
 * Grading: Murder of 1st degree
 * Punishment: Life in prison or death and $50,000 fine


 * Summary: Fire or explosion results in a persons death
 * Grading: Murder of 2nd degree
 * Punishment: Life in prison and $50,000 fine


 * Summary: Intentionally starting fire or explosion or pays, aids, or agrees to pay another to cause fire or explosion
 * Grading: Felony of 1st degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of more than 10 years and and $25,000 fine


 * Summary: Intent to destroy building or recklessly places a building in damage or damages property to collect insurance
 * Grading: Felony of 2nd degree
 * Punishment: No more than 10 years in prison and $25,000 fine


 * Summary: Intentionally places building or personal property on fire with no one occupying the building or structure
 * Grading: Felony of 3rd degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 7 years in prison and $15,000 fine


 * Summary: Possessing, manufacturing, or transporting explosives with the intent to do harm to a building or a person
 * Grading: Felony of 3rd degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 7 years in prison and $15,000 fine


 * Summary: Failure to report fire that you knowingly is endangering a person or building
 * Grading: Misdemeanor of 1st degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 5 years in prison and $10,000 fine


 * Summary: Intentionally starts a fire to endanger someone or a building whether it occurs or not
 * Grading: Summary offense
 * Punishment: Maximum of 90 days in prison and $300 fine

18 § 3502 | Burglary

 * Summary: A person enters a building or occupied structure with intent to commit a crime
 * Grading: Felony of 1st degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of more than 10 years and and $25,000 fine

18 § 3921 | Larceny

 * Summary: Unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from one person to another: firearms, stolen during disaster, any amount of anhydrous ammonia
 * Grading: Felony of 2nd degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 10 years in prison and $10,000


 * Summary: Unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from one person to another: amount stolen exceeds $2,000, buying or selling stolen property, motor vehicle
 * Grading: Felony of 3rd degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 7 years in prison and $15,000 fine


 * Summary: Unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from one person to another: property taken by threat
 * Grading: Misdemeanor of 1st degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 5 years in prison and $10,000 fine


 * Summary: Unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from one person to another: over $50 but less than $200
 * Grading: Misdemeanor of 2nd degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 2 years in prison and $5,000 fine


 * Summary: Unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from one person to another: less than $50
 * Grading: Misdemeanor of 3rd degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of 1 year in prison and $2,500 fine

18 § 3702 | Vehicle Theft

 * Summary: Steals or takes a motor vehicle from another person in the presence of that person or any other person in lawful possession of the motor vehicle
 * Grading: Felony of 1st degree
 * Punishment: Maximum of more than 10 years and and $25,000 fine

Scenarios 1) Jim Smith goes and enters a closed Iphone store planning to take some phones. He breaks in and manages to take 1 phone, which he sells to his friend Rob. The police use the tracking device in the Iphone to catch Rob and arrest him. Is jim smith charged with burglary when he was not caught with the stolen phone

2) Bob and his friends go to Walmart to sell some smaller items. Each boy (total of three) steals $40 in merchandise do the boys get charged as a whole with a second degree misdemeanor or would they get charged with a third degree misdemeanor.

3) A man gets into a conflict with his spouse and leaves the apartment, he comes back, throws gas in her window and lights a match. When the fire erupts it causes 10 buildings to engulf in flames with 8 people dying. He should be charged with 8 counts of 2nd degree murder and 1 count of 1st degree felony for the arson.

Example of local crime

The Hatfield Burglar - 31 year old Ryan Weeks was arrested on 8 counts of burglary in Hatfield township. He would rob houses during the day while people were at work. They inprisoned Ryan Weeks and gave him a $100,000 bail. He was not punished yet

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/police-nab-suspected-daytime-burglar-in-hatfield-twp/article_0d1078e6-aac8-53f0-b408-ebcf170f5188.html

Hot Questions

1) If someone unknowingly buys stolen property from a person and they get caught with it, should the charges that person received go to the person who stole the goods or who should be punished more severally? 2) If you sell a stolen fire arm to someone and they commit a murder with that gun should you also be charged with the homicide of the 1st Degree because selling weapons unlawfully is a felony crime?