§ 45-48-13 - Malicious damage – Civil and criminal penalties. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-48-13

   § 45-48-13  Malicious damage – Civiland criminal penalties. – If any person maliciously or wantonly destroys or damages any hydrant, pipe,aqueduct, conduit, machinery, equipment, appliance, or other property of thedistrict used for the purposes provided for in this chapter, that person,whether principal or accessory, forfeits to the district, to be recovered by anaction of trespass on the case, treble the amount of damages which appear tohave been sustained, and shall also be liable to indictment, and, uponconviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) orimprisoned not more than one year, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.