Add to that the fact that the main symptoms of arsenic poisoning â violent vomiting and diarrhoea â mimic those of many stomach bugs common in the 19th century, and the lack of laboratory tests to help doctors with diagnosis, and itâs easy to understand why it was seen as the almost perfect murder weapon.
Defining Felony Stalking. Stalking can potentially be considered a felony if: â The victim has gotten a restraining order against the stalker and the stalker disobeys this order. â The stalker has been convicted of a violent crime at some point of time in the past.
The degree of the charge and the penalties vary based on the type of threat made. For instance, making threats is deemed menacing, but making threats of severe bodily injury is deemed aggravated menacing. Ohio also has a menacing by stalking offense. If the threat is made to a family member, many people charged with menacing are also charged with domestic violence. THE ELEMENTS OF MENACING are in the Ohio Revised Code Section 2903.22 contains the Menacing statute. In order to commit Menacing under this law, a person must: 1  Knowingly cause another to believe; 2  That he/she will cause physical harm to the property or body of; 3  That person, the personâs unborn child, or member of that personâs family. 4  The belief can be based on actions or words.