Tag: Property crime

What qualifies as theft? There are five ways to prove theft: 1) The defendant intentionally took, carried, aware, transferred, concealed, or retained possession of movable property of another without the other’s consent and with intent to deprive the owner permanently of possession of such property. Theft in a business setting: 2) By virtue of his…

What does the State need to prove in order to show burglary? Breaking the statute down, certain things surely need to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.  Those things are called “elements.”  In detail, Wisconsin Jury Instruction Criminal 1421 provides the four elements of burglary: 1) The defendant intentionally entered a building; and…

Contact Van Severen Law Office at (414) 270-0202 to discuss your criminal damage to property case. Criminal damage to property is a crime that can occur on its own or alongside other charges.  For example, frequently criminal damage to property charges accompany domestic violence offenses when any property damage occurs during the incident.  It can also occur…

Examples of property crime: Burglary Burglary generally involves the taking of property from a dwelling, boat, truck, or home.  Secondly, burglary can also involve the defendant’s desire to commit a felony in any of those locations. Robbery Robbery involves the taking of property from the person of another.  Secondly, robbery can be with use of…