Assaulting a Police Officer in Virginia is a Serious Charge
Proof of Assaulting a Police Officer Charge in Virginia
To convict an offender of an Assaulting a Police Officer charge in Virginia under Va. Code §18.2-57(c), the Commonwealth must prove that the offender threatened a harmful or offensive contact to a person he knew or should have known was a police officer performing his public duties. The offender does not need to actually harm the officer or make any contact at all to be convicted of assaulting a police officer in Virginia. As long as the offender threatened a police officer with a harmful or offensive contact and had the apparent present ability to cause that harmful or offensive contact, he can be convicted of an Assaulting a Police Officer charge in Virginia under Va. Code §18.2-57(c).
Penalty for Assaulting a Police Officer Charge in Virginia
An Assaulting a Police Officer charge in Virginia (Va. Code §18.2-57(c)) is a Class 6 felony. It is punished with a mandatory minimum, active sentence of 6 months in jail up to 5 years in prison and a fine up to $2,500.