You may have heard of criminal stalking and the fact that people can be convicted of criminal stalking because of phone calls. Carpenter has successfully helped many people who have been either victims of telephone or text message harassment or criminally charged with making harassing phone calls or sending harassing text messages. Criminal Law Three Types Of Offences Chapter 6 The offence is described as follows: Harassing phone calls criminal code . The offence of harassing telephone calls is provided under section 372 (3) of the criminal code. (f) making an unsolicited commercial telephone call that is received between the hours of 9 p.m. Information on the crime of annoying or harassing a person by phone are found at california penal code sections 653m(a) and 653m(b). Contact your local telephone company for more information. When pranks get out of hand, call me. Pc 653m is a misdemeanor offense. But threatening, obscene or harassing phone calls are a crime un...