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As a side note here, there is one specific charge that I have first hand experience with that can range from a class C misdemeanor to a 3rd degree felony. Just for making a statement that you are going to "whip someones backside".

My son had an altercation with a person that had been harrasing his family for a few weeks. Nothing major, just general stuff. My son crossed paths with this person in a shpping mall parking lot and the guy started smarting off to my son, who by the way is 6'4 and 240 lbs. My son made the above statement (not as nicely put though but thats another story) as an officer walked up behind him. Now this officer only heard his comment and not what was being said. He arreasted him on a felony "terroristic threat" charge. After a couple of thousand dollars paid to an attorney, his charge was dropped to a class C misdomeanor with only a fine. I shudder to think about someone that could not afford an attorney to get the charges reduced.