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.
A.
A person
commits the offense of identity theft if he or she knowingly and with
the intent to deceive or defraud obtains, possesses, transfers, uses,
or attempts to obtain, transfer or use, one (1) or more means of identification
not lawfully issued for his or her use.
B.
In
addition to any penalties, the court may order that the defendant
make restitution to any victim of the offense. Restitution may include
payment for any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by the victim:
C.
Any person who commits an act made unlawful by Subsection (A) of this Section shall be liable to the person to whom the identifying information belonged for civil damages of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each incident, or three (3) times the amount of actual damages, whichever amount is greater. A person damaged as set forth in Subsection (A) of this Section may also institute a civil action to enjoin and restrain future acts that would constitute a violation of Subsection (A) of this Section. The court, in an action brought under this Subsection, may award reasonable attorneys' fees to the plaintiff.
E.
This
Section shall not apply to the following activities:
1.
A person obtains the identity of another person to misrepresent his
or her age for the sole purpose of obtaining alcoholic beverages,
tobacco, going to a gaming establishment, or another privilege denied
to minors;
2.
A person obtains means of identification or information in the course
of a bona fide consumer or commercial transaction;
3.
A person exercises, in good faith, a security interest or right of
offset by a creditor or financial institution;
4.
A person complies, in good faith, with any warrant, court order,
levy, garnishment, attachment, or other judicial or administrative
order, decree, or directive, when any party is required to do so;
5.
A person is otherwise authorized by law to engage in the conduct
that is the subject of the prosecution.
F.
Any
person convicted of committing an offense established by this Section
shall be subject to punishment as follows:
1.
If the offense does not result in the theft or appropriation of credit,
money, goods, services or other property, the person shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment
not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.
2.
If the offense results in the theft or appropriation of credit, money,
goods, services or other property, the person shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment
not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.
[CC 1976 §18-2; Ord.
No. 92-23 §1, 5-11-1992]
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally refuse
or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a
Police Officer. A person shall not be in violation of this Section
unless the failure or refusal occurs, after such order, at such time
and place that there exists, in the opinion of the officer, danger
of imminent harm to any person or to property.
A.
A person
commits the offense of bribery of a public servant if he knowingly
offers, confers or agrees to confer upon any public servant any benefit,
direct or indirect, in return for:
B.
It
is no defense that the recipient was not qualified to act in the desired
way because he had not yet assumed office, or lacked jurisdiction,
or for any other reason.
A.
A public
servant commits the offense of acceding to corruption if he knowingly
solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, direct or indirect,
in return for:
[Ord. No. 2013-29 §§1 — 2, 9-9-2013]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the 911 emergency telephone
service by repeatedly calling "911" for non-emergency situations.
B.
EMERGENCY
REPEATEDLY
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any incident involving danger to life or property that calls
for an emergency response dispatch of police, fire, EMS, or other
public safety organization.
Three (3) or more times within a thirty-day period.
