Criminal Tampering (2nd Degree) elements included.

• A. Intentionally tampers with the property of another to cause injury, inconvenience or annoyance or if he makes an unauthorized connection with property of a utility.
• B. Intentionally tampers with property to cause minor inconvenience.
• C. Recklessly damages property.
• D. Interferes with a public utility service.

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is the elements of Criminal Tampering in the second degree. This offense requires that a person intentionally tamper with someone else’s property to cause injury, inconvenience, or annoyance, or make an unauthorized connection with property of a utility. The statement chosen fits this exactly: it specifies intentional tampering with another’s property to cause injury, inconvenience, or annoyance, or making an unauthorized connection with utility property.

Why the other options don’t fit as well: limiting the effect to a “minor inconvenience” narrows the harm and doesn’t capture the broader litter of injury, inconvenience, or annoyance the statute contemplates. Recklessly damaging property describes a different mental state and a different offense. Interfering with a public utility service is not the same as making an unauthorized connection with utility property, and it may involve distinct statutes or elements.