Offense for travel-route theft with criminal instruments

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-121, under Miscellaneous.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-121

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution, as defined in § 45-11-102; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person without substantial deviation from that path or route while in possession of two (2) or more criminal instruments.

(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (b)(3), a violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.(2) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class D felony if, during the commission of the offense, the person commits a violation of title 39, chapter 13, part 10.(3) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class B felony if, during the commission of the offense, the person commits a violation of title 39, chapter 13, part 4.

(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (b)(3), a violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class D felony if, during the commission of the offense, the person commits a violation of title 39, chapter 13, part 10.

(3) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class B felony if, during the commission of the offense, the person commits a violation of title 39, chapter 13, part 4.

(c) As used in this section, “criminal instrument” means an item or thing, the possession of which is not otherwise an offense, that is possessed, used, made, designed, or adapted for use in the commission of an offense under title 39, chapter 13, part 10 or § 39-14-103.