Psycho Pete Returns
Criminal Activities
Attempted Assault
Agreement to and attempt at forcibly restraining a person and removing clothing (conduct that would constitute assault and/or unlawful restraint and could be sexual assault depending on contact and intent).
Situation:
"When the group confronts Pete, Frank exclaims "I'm gonna put him out of his misery!" and moves toward Pete in a manner that other characters physically stop, constituting an attempted violent act even though it is not completed."
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 tells Dee he will "dice you into a million little pieces. And put those pieces in a box. A glass box... that I will display on my mantel," an explicit violent threat communicated directly to another character."
Criminal Trespass
Unlawful entry onto property (including restricted areas such as employee-only backstage or storage) without the owner's consent; under U.S. law this is typically charged as criminal trespass or a related offense.
Situation:
"The group enters and explores the closed Reed Mental Institution (the script states the facility "was shut down" and they walk through, open doors, and search the building). Their presence is unauthorized on property that has been officially closed."
Obtaining prescription medication by deception
Procurement of prescription medication by making false statements or deceit to a medical provider (prescription fraud) and possession of prescription drugs that were not lawfully prescribed to the possessor. Transferring/dispensing someone else's prescription drugs to a third party can be a separate crime (distribution of controlled substances) if the medication is controlled.
Situation:
"Cricket admits he spoke to a doctor under false pretenses and walked out "with meds for borderline personality disorder" for Pete ("I had a simple conversation with a reasonable man and that man wrote me a prescription... next thing I know I'm walking out the door with meds"). This is represented in the episode as obtaining another person's medication through deception and possessing it."