Being Frank
Criminal Activities
Animal poisoning
Intentionally administering drugs or poisons to an animal in a manner that harms or endangers it; criminal animal cruelty statutes commonly prohibit poisoning or injuring animals.
Situation:
"Charlie prepares dog treats laced with sleeping pills intended for the guard dog to incapacitate it: "Those are dog treats laced with sleeping pills. Those are for the guard dog.""
Attempted burglary
Agreement and overt acts toward unlawfully entering private property (burglary). Under U.S. law, planning and taking substantial steps to break into a secured place to commit a crime (theft or other felony) can constitute conspiracy and/or attempted burglary.
Situation:
"The group maps out positions and executes a plan to sneak into a location (references to a bakery on 6th Street, tossing a rug over barbed wire, distracting the guard, and trying to get over the fence). Multiple members coordinate and take actions intended to gain unlawful entry."
Criminal Threats
Knowingly making a threat to commit a violent act against another person (words or gestures that place a reasonable person in fear of imminent physical harm) can constitute a criminal threat or assault in U.S. jurisdictions. Simple verbal threats that place a victim in reasonable fear may be charged as misdemeanor assault or as a separate criminal-threats offense depending on the jurisdiction.
Situation:
"Frank threatens physical violence and to confine another person: "Get out of my face, old man, before I kick your ass and throw you in that trunk.""
Possession and Use of a Controlled Substance
Possession and use of an illicit controlled substance (PCP) on the bar's premises; in many jurisdictions possession and public use are crimes, and facilitating use on business premises can create additional liability.
Situation:
"Frank discovers and takes 'uppers' from a medicine cabinet at the house he raids and crushes/snorts them: "There's dr*gs in the medicine cabinet! Uppers, uppers, uppers... Jackpot! Crush it. Crush it, Frankie.""
Theft
Unauthorized taking and consumption of another person's personal property (petty theft/larceny): intentionally taking possession of property belonging to someone else without that person's consent.
Situation:
"Frank locates and seizes a rug from under a buffet table at a family gathering (shiva) — lines: "There's the rug. Under the buffet table... I'm getting a rug. I'm getting the-the rug.""