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 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 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.
[Ord. No. 1969A, 6-8-2005]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person to violate the terms or conditions
of a full order of protection and/or an ex parte order entered by
a court of the State of Missouri or by any other State, tribe, territory
or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
or the District of Columbia.
B. A certified
copy of a full order of protection and/or ex parte order shall be
prima facie evidence of the existence and validity of the full order
of protection and ex parte order.
C. Refusal
of the person for whose benefit the full order of protection and/or
ex parte order was issued to sign a complaint or to testify shall
not be a defense to a violation of a full order of protection and/or
ex parte order.
D. Any
person found guilty of violating an order of protection and/or an
ex parte order under the terms of this Section shall be punished by
a fine of no less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and no more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and up to ninety (90) days in jail.