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Any person who threatens another person or his/her family with inflicting bodily harm or damages to his/her estate, or engages in conduct that constitutes intimidation or threat, whether physical, written, verbal, or nonverbal, when such person is a witness or that due to his/her knowledge of the facts may be called to testify in any investigation, proceeding, hearing or judicial, legislative or administrative issue, whether already initiated or not, if the latter entails sanctions in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or the suspension of employment and salary, with the purpose of keeping said witness from testifying, or to testify partially or to change said testimony, shall be guilty of a third-degree felony; the maximum term of punishment shall be established when the victim is under twenty-one (21) years of age.\nHistory —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 289; July 29, 2010, No. 110, § 1.