Is threatening to give a person COVID-19 a crime? Yes, said the Appellate Division on Nov. 14, 2022; it is a terroristic threat within the meaning of N.J. S.A. 2C:12-3(a). State v. Zharia Young.
On April 7, 2020, following a motor vehicle accident, defendant was uncooperative with the investigating New Jersey State Troopers and EMTs, had an odor of alcohol on her breath, had bloodshot watery eyes, and failed a field sobriety test. After being arrested, Young repeatedly and forcefully coughed on the troopers, said she had COVID-19 (which would give them the virus), and said that she was happy to infect them.
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