Misdemeanors are crimes that are less serious, but still more serious than a ticket. Examples include petty theft, drinking violations, DUI in many places, vandalism, simple assault, reckless driving, and prostitution.
Many crimes are misdemeanors. Common ones include public drunkenness, DUI, public indecency, petty theft, minor drug crimes, loitering, some forms of prostitution, and others.
Misdemeanor charges usually result from relatively minor crimes.These include thing like petty theft and certain traffic offenses.The penalties are use very low.