Which offense applies when a person posts an individual's residence address or telephone number on a publicly accessible website with the intent to cause harm?

• A. Harassment
• B. False Alarm or Report
• C. Stalking
• D. Unlawful Disclosure of Residence Address or Telephone Number

Answer: (D)

Sharing someone’s home address or telephone number on a publicly accessible website with the intent to cause harm directly fits the offense that criminalizes unlawful disclosure of residence addresses or telephone numbers. This statute targets the act of broadcasting private contact information in a way that could put the person at risk, making the harmful intent a key element.

Harassment involves threatening or coercive behavior, and stalking involves a pattern of conduct meant to intimidate or frighten over time, neither of which necessarily centers on disclosing private contact details. False alarms or reports concern providing false information to authorities, which isn’t the scenario here. By focusing on the exposure of private contact information with harmful intent, the unlawful disclosure provision is the precise match for this conduct.