A.
A person
commits the offense of concealing an offense if:
1.
He/she 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.
He/she 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 for conduct constituting a crime he/she:
1.
Harbors or conceals such person;
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;
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/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.
A.
A person
commits the offense of tampering with a witness 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:
B.
A person
commits the offense of "victim tampering" if, with purpose to do so,
he/she 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:
1.
Making any report of such victimization to any Peace Officer or State,
local or Federal Law Enforcement Officer or prosecuting agency or
to any judge;
2.
Causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted
or assisting in the prosecution thereof; or
3.
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 purpose to mislead a public servant who is or may
be engaged in any official proceeding or investigation.
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 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, misdemeanor
or felony 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 a crime or offense;
2.
Makes a false report to a Law Enforcement Officer that a crime or
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, knowing 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, for the purpose of preventing the officer
from effecting the arrest, stop or detention, the person:
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 arrests, stops or detentions with or without warrants
and to arrests, stops or detentions for any crime, infraction or ordinance
violation.
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.
[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 crime or 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
any person is authorized by law to serve process, for the purpose
of preventing such person from effecting the service of any process,
he/she interferes with or obstructs such person.
B.
"Process" includes any writ, summons, subpoena, warrant
other than an arrest warrant, or other process or order of a court.
C.
Interference
with legal process is an ordinance violation.
[CC 1992 §220.170; R.O. 1979 §9.000]
Any person who shall aid or assist, abet, counsel, hire or by
any means procure any person to commit a violation of this Code shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished in the same manner as for committing
the offense so aided, assisted, abetted, counseled, hired or procured
to be committed.
[CC 1992 §220.180; R.O. 1979 §9.010]
A.
A person
is guilty of attempt to commit an offense when, with the purpose of
committing the offense, he/she does any act which is a substantial
step towards the commission of the offense.
A "substantial step" is conduct which is strongly
corroborative of the firmness of the actor's purpose to complete the
commission of the offense.
B.
It
is no defense to a prosecution under this Section that the offense
attempted was, under the actual attendant circumstances, factually
or legally impossible of commission, if such offense could have been
committed had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed
them to be.
C.
A person
convicted of attempt shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed thirty
(30) days, or both.
[CC 1992 §220.190; R.O. 1979 §9.020]
A.
A person
is guilty of conspiracy with another person or persons to commit an
offense if, with the purpose of promoting or facilitating its commission,
he/she agrees with such other person or persons that they or one (1)
or more of them will engage in conduct which constitutes such offense.
B.
If
a person guilty of conspiracy knows that a person with whom he/she
conspires to commit an offense has conspired with another person or
persons to commit the same offense, he/she is guilty of conspiring
with such other person or persons to commit such offense, whether
or not he/she knows their identity.
C.
If
a person conspires to commit a number of offenses, he/she is guilty
of only one (1) conspiracy so long as such multiple offenses are the
object of the same agreement.
D.
No
person may be convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense unless
an overt act in pursuance of such conspiracy is alleged and proved
to have been done by him/her or by a person with whom he/she conspired.
E.
For
the purpose of time limitations on prosecutions:
1.
"Conspiracy" is a continuing course of conduct which
terminates when the offense or offenses which are its object are committed
or the agreement that they be committed is abandoned by the defendant
and by those with whom he/she conspired.
2.
If an individual abandons the agreement, the conspiracy is terminated
as to him/her only if he/she advises those with whom he/she has conspired
of his/her abandonment or he/she informs the law enforcement authorities
of the existence of the conspiracy and of his/her participation in
it.
F.
A person
may not be charged, convicted or sentenced on the basis of the same
course of conduct of both the actual commission of an offense and
a conspiracy to commit that offense.
G.
A person
convicted of a conspiracy shall be punished under the terms of the
general punishment of these ordinances.
[CC 1992 §220.230; Ord. No. 345 §1, 1-9-1980]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to violate his/her written promise
to appear or for any person to fail to appear in response to any summons
of the Municipal Court, regardless of the disposition of the charge
for which such promise or summons was originally issued.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to fail to pay the fine or court
costs or any part thereof he/she was ordered to pay by the Municipal
Court as a result of a conviction of any violation of the Revised
Ordinances of Platte City within any period of time which may be allowed
for the payment of such fine by the court or for any person to fail
or refuse to perform any work which they were sentenced to perform
by the Municipal Court.