[Adopted 10-26-1999 by Ord. No. 87 (Ch. 16, Art. IV, Div.
2, of the 2007 Code of Ordinances)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to steal, or unlawfully
take any money, goods, chattels, or property of any other person.
It shall be unlawful for any person to steal or unlawfully remove
or in any manner damage any fixture, attachment, or other property
belonging to, connected with, or used in the construction of any vacant
structure or building, whether built or in the process of construction,
or to break into any vacant structure or building with the intention
of unlawfully removing, taking therefrom, or in any manner damaging
any fixture, attachment, or other property belonging to, connected
with, or used in the construction of such vacant structure or building,
whether built or in the process of construction.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously and willfully,
by and with the aid and use of any key, instrument, device, or explosive,
blow or attempt to blow, or force or attempt to force an entrance
into any coin box, or other receptacle established and maintained
for the convenience of the public or any person, or for the person
to extract or obtain or attempt to extract or obtain therefrom any
such money or thing of value so deposited or contained therein.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was originally adopted 1-28-1997
by Ord. No. 76.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any fraudulent
scheme, device, or trick to obtain money or other valuables, or to
aid or abet, in any manner in a fraudulent scheme, device or trick,
or to convert to one's own use money or property in one's possession
without lawful authority of the owner.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person who, with intent to defraud,
shall make or draw or utter or deliver within the Township any check,
draft, or order for the payment of money, to apply on account or otherwise,
upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time of such making,
drawing, uttering, or delivering, that the maker, or drawer, has not
sufficient funds in or credit with such bank or other depository,
for the payment of such check, draft, or order, in full, upon its
presentation.
B.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person who, with the intent to defraud,
shall make, draw, utter, or deliver within the Township any check,
draft, or order for the payment of money to apply on account or otherwise,
upon any bank or other depository and who shall not have sufficient
funds for the payment for same when presentation for payment is made
to the drawee, except where such lack of funds is due to garnishment,
attachment, levy, or other lawful cause, and such fact was not known
to the person who made, drew, uttered, or delivered the instrument
at the time of so doing.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and with intent
to defraud use, for the purpose of obtaining goods, property, or services
or anything of value, a financial transaction device which has been
stolen or which has been revoked or canceled by the issuer thereof,
as distinguished from expired, and notice of such revocation or cancellation
has been received by such person through registered or certified mail
or by personal service.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, receive, possess, conceal,
or aid in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted money,
goods, or property knowing the money, goods, or property to be stolen,
embezzled, or converted.
B.Â
A person who is a dealer in or collector of merchandise or personal
property, or the agent, employee, or representative of such a dealer
or collector, who fails to make reasonable inquiry of a person selling
or delivering stolen, embezzled, or converted property which has a
registration, serial, or other identifying number altered or obliterated
on an external surface of the property, shall be presumed to have
bought or received the property, knowing the property to be stolen,
embezzled, or converted. This presumption may be rebutted by proof.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person who is a guest in any hotel,
inn, restaurant, bar or tavern to procure any food, entertainment,
or accommodation without paying therefor, except when credit is given,
by express agreement, with intent to defraud such establishment out
of the payment.
B.Â
Obtaining such food, lodging, or accommodation by false pretense,
or refusal or neglect to pay on demand, or payment with check, draft,
or order upon a bank or other depository on which payment was refused,
or absconding without paying or offering to pay shall be prima facie
evidence of such intent to defraud.
A person who does any of the following in any retail and/or
wholesale establishment whose business is to offer property for sale,
or in the immediate vicinity of such an establishment, or within the
area of the sidewalk, parking lot, adjacent yard, or outdoor storage
lot, and/or within the area in which business is being conducted,
shall be guilty of retail fraud:
A.Â
While a store is open to the public, alters, transfers, removes,
and replaces, conceals, or otherwise misrepresents the price at which
property is offered for sale, with the intent not to pay for the property
or to pay less than the price at which a product is offered for sale.
B.Â
While a store is open to the public, steals property of the store
that is offered for sale.
C.Â
With intent to defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain money or property
from the store as a refund or exchange for property that was not paid
for and belongs to the store.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was originally adopted 1-28-1997
by Ord. No. 74.
