(1) As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Harass”
means to engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific person
which causes substantial emotional distress to that person and serves no
legitimate purpose.
(b) “Course
of conduct” means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts
over a period of time, however short, which evidences a continuity of
purpose. The term does not include constitutionally protected activity
such as picketing or other organized protests.
(c) “Credible
threat” means a verbal or nonverbal threat, or a combination of the
two, including threats delivered by electronic communication or implied
by a pattern of conduct, which places the person who is the target of
the threat in reasonable fear for his or her safety or the safety of his
or her family members or individuals closely associated with the
person, and which is made with the apparent ability to carry out the
threat to cause such harm. It is not necessary to prove that the person
making the threat had the intent to actually carry out the threat. The
present incarceration of the person making the threat is not a bar to
prosecution under this section.
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(2) A
person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or
cyberstalks another person commits the offense of stalking, a
misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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(6) A
law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person that
he or she has probable cause to believe has violated this section.
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