A.
A person commits the offense of concealing an offense if he or she:
1.
Confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit or other consideration
to any person in consideration of that person's concealing of any
offense, refraining from initiating or aiding in the prosecution of
an offense, or withholding any evidence thereof; or
2.
Accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit or other consideration
in consideration of his/her concealing any offense, refraining from
initiating or aiding in the prosecution of an offense, or withholding
any evidence thereof.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A.
A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution if, for the
purpose of preventing the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or
punishment of another person for conduct constituting an offense,
he or she:
1.
Harbors or conceals such person; or
2.
Warns such person of impending discovery or apprehension, except
this does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort
to bring another into compliance with the law; or
3.
Provides such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise
or other means to aid him/her in avoiding discovery or apprehension;
or
4.
Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, deception or intimidation,
anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery or apprehension
of such person.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he or she has witnessed any portion of an offense, or
of any other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial
property damage, he or she refuses to report or gives a false report
of his or her name and present address to a Law Enforcement Officer
engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding
if, with the purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party
or witness and thereby influence a judicial proceeding, he or 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.
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness or victim
if:
1.
With the purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness
to disobey a subpoena or other legal process, absent himself or herself,
avoid subpoena or other legal process, withhold evidence, information,
or documents, or testify falsely, he or she:
2.
He or she purposely prevents or dissuades or attempts to prevent
or dissuade any person who has been a victim of any crime or a person
who is acting on behalf of any such victim from:
a.
Making any report of such victimization to any peace officer, State,
Local or Federal Law Enforcement Officer, prosecuting agency, or judge;
b.
Causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted
or assisting in the prosecution thereof;
c.
Arresting or causing or seeking the arrest of any person in connection
with such victimization.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence
if he/she:
1.
Alters, destroys, suppresses or conceals any record, document
or thing with the purpose to impair its verity, legibility or availability
in any official proceeding or investigation; or
2.
Makes, presents or uses any record, document or thing knowing
it to be false with the purpose to mislead a public servant who is
or may be engaged in any official proceeding or investigation.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
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.
A.
A person commits the offense of false impersonation if such person:
1.
Falsely represents himself/herself to be a public servant with
the purpose to induce another to submit to his/her pretended official
authority or to rely upon his/her pretended official acts, and
2.
Falsely represents himself/herself to be a person licensed to
practice or engage in any profession for which a license is required
by the laws of this State with purpose to induce another to rely upon
such representation, and
3.
Upon being arrested, falsely represents himself/herself, to
a Law Enforcement Officer, with the first and last name, date of birth
or social security number, or a substantial number of identifying
factors or characteristics as that of another person that results
in the filing of a report or record of arrest or conviction for an
infraction or offense that contains the first and last name, date
of birth and social security number, or a substantial number of identifying
factors or characteristics to that of such other person as to cause
such other person to be identified as the actual person arrested or
convicted.
B.
If a violation of Subsection (A)(3) hereof is discovered prior to any conviction of the person actually arrested for an underlying charge, then the prosecuting attorney bringing any action on the underlying charge shall notify the court thereof, and the court shall order the false-identifying factors ascribed to the person actually arrested as are contained in the arrest and court records amended to correctly and accurately identify the defendant and shall expunge the incorrect and inaccurate identifying factors from the arrest and court records.
C.
Any person who is the victim of a false impersonation and whose identity
has been falsely reported in arrest or conviction records may move
for expungement and correction of said records under the procedures
set forth in Section 610.123, RSMo. Upon a showing that a substantial
number of identifying factors of the victim was falsely ascribed to
the person actually arrested or convicted, the court shall order the
false-identifying factors ascribed to the person actually arrested
as are contained in the arrest and court records amended to correctly
and accurately identify the defendant and shall expunge the incorrect
and inaccurate factors from the arrest and court records.
A.
A person commits the offense of making a false report if he/she knowingly:
1.
Gives false information to any person for the purpose of implicating
another person in an offense; or
2.
Makes a false report to a Law Enforcement Officer that an offense
has occurred or is about to occur; or
3.
Makes a false report or causes a false report to be made to
a Law Enforcement Officer, security officer, Fire Department or other
organization, official or volunteer which deals with emergencies involving
danger to life or property that a fire or other incident calling for
an emergency response has occurred or is about to occur.
A.
A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest,
detention, or stop if he or she knows or reasonably should know that
a Law Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully
detain or 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.
C.
A person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she continues
to operate a motor vehicle after he or she 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 him or her.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or attempted
escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for
any offense, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
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.
[Ord. No. 2602, 2-28-2017]
A.
An "order of protection" is any order issued, whether ex parte or
after a hearing, by any court of competent jurisdiction and designed
to protect one (1) or more persons from domestic violence, stalking,
sexual assault, or any other reason permitted or authorized by Section
455.032 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
B.
A person commits the offense of violating an order of protection
when he or she knowingly violates the terms and conditions of such
order, including but not limited to:
1.
Committing or threatening to commit an act of domestic violence
or sexual assault or stalking, molesting, or disturbing the peace
of a protected person wherever such person may be found;
2.
Entering or staying upon the premises where a protected person
may reside, work, attend school, or otherwise is present;
3.
Being within the distance of a protected person as designated
by the order of protection;
4.
Communicating with a protected person in any manner or through
any medium;
5.
Violating any child custody stipulations as set forth by the
order of protection; or
6.
Violating any other stipulation as set forth by the order of
protection.
C.
A person shall be deemed to have knowingly violated an order of protection
if such person: (a) received actual service of the order prior to
violating same, or (b) refused to abide by the order after having
received a copy thereof from a law enforcement officer responding
to a call of a reported incident of domestic violence or sexual assault
or stalking, molesting, or disturbing the peace of a protected person.
D.
When a person has notice of an order of protection against him or
her and fails to surrender custody of minor children to the person
to whom custody was designated in the order, said person shall be
arrested, and the minor children shall be turned over to the care
and custody of the designated person.
E.
A violation of this Section shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
