Damaging Single Phone Violates ‘Disrupting Public Service’ Law If Conduct Substantially Impairs Emergency Response

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that the damaging of a single private telephone or cellular telephone disrupts public services in violation of R.C. 2909.04(A)(3) if the conduct substantially impairs the ability of law-enforcement officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, emergency-medical-services personnel, or emergency-facility personnel to respond to an emergency or to protect and preserve any person or property from serious physical harm.

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