A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of a crime, or of any
other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property
damage, upon demand by a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the performance
of his/her official duties, he/she refuses to report or gives a false
report of his/her name and present address to such officer.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding
if, with purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or
witness and thereby to influence a judicial proceeding, he/she disrupts
or disturbs a judicial proceeding by participating in an assembly
and calling aloud, shouting, or holding or displaying a placard or
sign containing written or printed matter concerning the conduct of
the judicial proceeding or the character of a judge, attorney, juror,
party or witness engaged in such proceeding, or calling for or demanding
any specified action or determination by such judge, attorney, juror,
party or witness in connection with such proceeding.
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness or victim
if, with purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness to disobey
a subpoena or other legal process, or to absent himself/herself or
avoid subpoena or other legal process, or to withhold evidence, information
or documents, or to testify falsely, he/she:
1.
Threatens or causes harm to any person or property;
2.
Uses force, threats or deception;
3.
Offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit, direct or indirect,
upon such witness; or
4.
Conveys any of the foregoing to another in furtherance of a
conspiracy.
A person commits the offense of improper communication if he/she
communicates, directly or indirectly, with any juror, special master,
referee or arbitrator in a judicial proceeding, other than as part
of the proceedings in a case, for the purpose of influencing the official
action of such person.
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest,
detention or stop if, he or she reasonably should know that a Law
Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully
detain or stop an individual or vehicle, or the person reasonably
should know that a Law Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or
attempting to lawfully detain or lawfully stop an individual or vehicle,
and for the purpose of preventing the officer from effecting the arrest,
stop or detention, he or she:
1.
Resists the arrest, stop or detention of such person by using
or threatening the use of violence or physical force or by fleeing
from such officer; or
2.
Interferes with the arrest, stop or detention of another person
by using or threatening the use of violence, physical force or physical
interference.
B. This Section applies to:
1.
Arrests, stops or detentions with or without warrants;
2.
Arrests, stops or detentions for any crime, infraction or ordinance
violation; and
3.
Arrests for warrants issued by a court or a probation and parole
officer.
C. A person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if that person
continues to operate a motor vehicle after that person has seen, or
should have seen, clearly visible emergency lights or has heard, or
should have heard, an audible signal emanating from the law enforcement
vehicle pursuing that person.
D. It is no defense to a prosecution under Subsection
(A) of this Section that the Law Enforcement Officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to bar civil suits for unlawful arrest.
[R.O. 2009 §215.175; Ord. No. 1939 §1, 7-16-2001]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to obey any reasonable
order or direction of any such officer while in the exercise of his/her
duty.
B. It
shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct an officer while the
officer is carrying out any duty incumbent upon him/her as a Police
Officer.
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or attempted
escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for
any crime or offense, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of interference with legal process if,
knowing another person is authorized by law to serve process, he or
she interferes with or obstructs such person, for the purpose of preventing
such person from effecting the service of any process.
B. "Process" includes any writ, summons, subpoena, warrant other than
an arrest warrant, or other process or order of a court.