[Code 1975, § 24-5; Code 1992, § 20-101]
It shall be unlawful for any person with intent to annoy or
alarm another person to:
(1)
Follow a person in or about a public place.
(2)
Engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts that alarm
or seriously annoy another person and that serve no legitimate purpose.
(3)
Insult, accost, molest, or otherwise annoy, either by word of mouth,
sign or motion, any person in any public place.
[Code 1975, § 24-16; Code 1992, § 20-102]
No person engaged in the business of providing communication
services and facilities shall use or operate, attempt to use or operate
or cause to be used or operated or arrange, adjust, program or otherwise
provide or install any device or combination of devices that will,
upon activation, either mechanically, electronically or by other automatic
means initiate the intrastate calling, dialing or connection to any
telephone number assigned to any subscriber by a public telephone
company, without the prior written consent of such subscriber.
[Code 1975, § 24-17; Code 1992, § 20-103]
A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who maliciously uses any
service provided by a telecommunications service provider with intent
to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, molest, or annoy
another person or to disturb the peace and quiet of another person
by any of the following:
(1)
Threatening physical harm or damage to any person or property in
the course of a conversation or message through the use of a telecommunications
service or device.
(2)
Falsely and deliberately reporting by message through the use of
a telecommunications service or device that a person has been injured,
has suddenly taken ill, has suffered death, or has been the victim
of a crime or an accident.
(3)
Deliberately refusing or failing to disengage a connection between
a telecommunications device and another telecommunications device
or between a telecommunications device and other equipment provided
for the transmission of messages through the use of a telecommunications
service or device.
(4)
Using vulgar, indecent, obscene, or offensive language or suggesting
any lewd or lascivious act in the course of a conversation or message
through the use of a telecommunications service or device.
(5)
Repeatedly initiating a telephone call and, without speaking, deliberately
hanging up or breaking the telephone connection as or after the telephone
call is answered.
(6)
Making an unsolicited commercial telephone call that is received
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. For the purpose of this
subsection, the term "an unsolicited commercial telephone call" means
a call made by a person or recording device, on behalf of a person,
corporation, or other entity, soliciting business or contributions.
(7)
Deliberately engaging or causing to engage the use of a telecommunications
service or device of another person in a repetitive manner that causes
interruption in telecommunications service or prevents the person
from utilizing his or her telecommunications service or device.
[Code 1992, § 20-104; 7-20-1995 by Ord. No. 1091]
No person or group of people shall intentionally place another
in reasonable fear of immediate harm through assaulting, threatening,
harassing, or intimidating behavior.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325; 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 1333]
(a)
Any person who assaults or assaults and batters an individual is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than
93 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
(b)
An individual who assaults or assaults and batters his or her spouse
or former spouse, an individual with whom he or she has or has had
a dating relationship, an individual with whom he or she has had a
child in common, or a resident or former resident of his or her household,
is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
(c)
As used in this section, "dating relationship" means frequent, intimate
associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affectional
involvement. This term does not include a casual relationship or an
ordinary fraternization between two individuals in a business or social
context.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
Any person who as the agent, servant, or employee of another
person, governmental entity within this state, or other legal entity
or who as the trustee, bailee, or custodian of the property of another
person, governmental entity within the state, or other legal entity
fraudulently disposes of or converts to his or her own use, or takes
or secretes with the intent to convert to his or her own use without
the consent of his or her principal, any money or other personal property
of his or her principal that has come to that person's possession
or that is under his or her charge or control by virtue of his or
her being an agent, servant, employee, trustee, bailee, or custodian,
and for which the value of said money or property is less than $200,
is guilty of embezzlement, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three
times the value of the money or property embezzled, whichever is greater,
or both imprisonment and a fine.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
Any person who commits larceny by stealing any of the following
property of another person, which has a value of less than $200, is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than
93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the value of
the property, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine:
(1)
Money, goods, or chattels;
(2)
A bank note, bank bill, bond, promissory note, due bill, bill of
exchange or other bill, draft, order, or certificate;
(3)
A book of accounts for or concerning money or goods due, to become
due, or to be delivered;
(4)
A deed or writing containing a conveyance of land or other valuable
contract in force;
(5)
A receipt, release, or defeasance;
(6)
A writ, process, or public record;
(7)
Nonferrous metal.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325; 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 1333]
Any person who breaks and enters, or enters without breaking,
any dwelling, house, tent, hotel, office, store, shop, warehouse,
barn, granary, factory or other building, boat, ship, railroad car
or structure used or kept for public or private use, or any private
apartment therein, or any cottage, clubhouse, boat house, hunting
or fishing lodge, garage or the out buildings belonging thereto, any
ice shanty with a value of $100 or more, or any other structure, whether
occupied or unoccupied, without first obtaining permission to enter
from the owner or occupant, agent, or person having immediate control
thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for
not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
Any person who enters or breaks into a motor vehicle, house
trailer, trailer, or semitrailer to steal or unlawfully remove property
from it, the value of which is less than $200, is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of
not more than $500 or three times the value of the property, whichever
is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
Any person who does any of the following in a store or in its
immediate vicinity is guilty of retail fraud in the third degree,
a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days
or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the value of the difference
in price, property stolen, or money or property obtained or attempted
to be obtained, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine:
(1)
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 the property is offered for
sale, if the resulting difference in price is less than $200.
(2)
While a store is open to the public, steals property of the store
that is offered for sale at a price of less than $200.
(3)
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, if the amount of money, or the value
of the property, obtained or attempted to be obtained is less than
$200.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325; 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 1333]
Any person who shall put up at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant
or cafe as a guest and shall procure any food, entertainment or accommodation
without paying therefor, except when credit is given therefor by express
agreement, with intent to defraud such keeper thereof out of the pay
for the same, or, who, with intent to defraud such keeper out of the
pay therefor, shall obtain credit at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant
or cafe for such food, entertainment or accommodation, by means of
any false show of baggage or effects brought thereto, is guilty of
a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days
or a fine of not more than $500, or both. No conviction shall be had
under the provisions of this section unless complaint is made within
60 days of the time of the violation hereof.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325; 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 1333]
Except as provided in MCL 333.17766d and MCL 333.17780, a person
who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than
$500, or both:
(1)
Obtains or attempts to obtain a prescription drug by giving a false
name to a pharmacist or other authorized seller, prescriber, or dispenser.
(2)
Obtains or attempts to obtain a prescription drug by falsely representing
that he or she is a lawful prescriber, dispenser, or licensee, or
acting on behalf of a lawful prescriber, dispenser, or licensee.
(3)
Falsely makes, utters, publishes, passes, alters, or forges a prescription.
(4)
Knowingly possesses a false, forged, or altered prescription.
(5)
Knowingly attempts to obtain, obtains, or possesses a drug by means
of a prescription for other than a legitimate therapeutic purpose,
or as a result of a false, forged, or altered prescription.
(6)
Possesses or controls for the purpose of resale, or sells, offers
to sell, dispenses, or gives away, a drug, pharmaceutical preparation,
or chemical that has been dispensed on prescription and has left the
control of a pharmacist.
(7)
Possesses or controls for the purpose of resale, or sells, offers
to sell, dispenses, or gives away, a drug, pharmaceutical preparation,
or chemical that has been damaged by heat, smoke, fire, water, or
other cause and is unfit for human or animal use.
(8)
Prepares or permits the preparation of a prescription drug, except
as delegated by a pharmacist.
(9)
Sells a drug in bulk or in an open package at auction, unless said
sale has been approved by all necessary state and/or federal agencies.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325; 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 1333]
No person shall, for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication,
euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction or dulling of the
senses or nervous system, intentionally smell or inhale the fumes
of any chemical agent or intentionally drink, eat or otherwise introduce
any chemical agent into his or her respiratory or circulatory system.
This shall not prohibit the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical
or dental purposes. A person who violates this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days
or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
(a)
A person who is responsible for the care or welfare of a child shall
not leave that child unattended in a vehicle for a period of time
that poses an unreasonable risk of harm or injury to the child or
under circumstances that pose an unreasonable risk of harm or injury
to the child.
(b)
A person who violates this section and where such violation does
not result in physical harm, serious physical harm, or death to the
child, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
(c)
CHILD
PHYSICAL HARM and SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM
UNATTENDED
VEHICLE
As used in this section:
An individual less than six years of age.
Those terms as defined in MCL 750.136b.
Alone or without the supervision of an individual 13 years
of age or older who is not legally incapacitated.
That term as defined in Section 79 of the Michigan Vehicle
Code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.79.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
Any person to whom any money, goods or other property, with
a value less than $200, which may be the subject of larceny, shall
have been delivered, who shall embezzle or fraudulently convert to
his or her own use, or shall secrete with the intent to embezzle,
or fraudulently use such goods, money or other property, or any part
thereof, shall be deemed by so doing to have committed the crime of
larceny and is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
(a)
A person who, with the intent to defraud or cheat, makes or uses
a false pretense to do one or more of the following is guilty of a
crime punishable as provided in this section:
(1)
Cause a person to grant, convey, assign, demise, lease, or mortgage
land or an interest in land.
(2)
Obtain a person's signature on a forged written instrument.
(3)
Obtain from a person any money or personal property or the use
of any instrument, facility, article, or other valuable thing or service.
(4)
By means of a false weight or measure obtain a larger amount
or quantity of property than was bargained for.
(5)
By means of a false weight or measure sell or dispose of a smaller
amount or quantity of property than was bargained for.
(b)
If the land, interest in land, money, personal property, use of the
instrument, facility, article, or valuable thing, service, larger
amount obtained, or smaller amount sold or disposed of has a value
of less than $200, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than
$500 or three times the value, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment
and a fine.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
(a)
A person shall not make, draw, utter, or deliver any check, draft,
or order for the payment of money, the value of which is less than
$100, to apply on account or otherwise, upon any bank or other depository
with intent to defraud and knowing at the time of the making, drawing,
uttering, or delivering that the maker or drawer does not have sufficient
funds in or credit with the bank or other depository to pay the check,
draft, or order in full upon its presentation.
(b)
A person shall not make, draw, utter, or deliver any check, draft,
or order for the payment of money, the value of which is less than
$100, to apply on account or otherwise, upon any bank or other depository
with intent to defraud if the person does not have sufficient funds
for the payment of the check, draft, or order when presentation for
payment is made to the drawee. This subsection does not apply if the
lack of funds is due to garnishment, attachment, levy, or other lawful
cause and that fact was not known to the person when the person made,
drew, uttered, or delivered the check, draft, or order.
(c)
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than
$500, or both.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud uses a financial
transaction device to withdraw or transfer funds, in an amount of
less than $200, from a deposit account in violation of the contractual
limitations imposed on the amount or frequency of withdrawals or transfers
or in an amount exceeding the funds then on deposit in the account
is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the amount
of funds withdrawn or transferred, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment
and a fine.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
A person who buys, receives, possesses, conceals, or aids in
the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted money, goods, or
property, the value of which is less than $200, knowing, or having
reason to know or reason to believe, that the money, goods, or property
is stolen, embezzled, or converted is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than
$500 or three times the value of the property purchased, received,
possessed, or concealed, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment
and a fine.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
A person who intentionally makes a false report of the commission
of a misdemeanor, or intentionally causes a false report of a misdemeanor
to be made, to a peace officer, police agency of this state or of
a local unit of government, 9-1-1 operator, or any other governmental
employee or contractor or employee of a contractor who is authorized
to receive reports of a crime, knowing the report is false, is guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days
or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325; 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 1333]
Any person who shall falsely and maliciously, by word, writing,
sign, or otherwise accuse, attribute, or impute to another the commission
of any crime, felony or misdemeanor, or any infamous or degrading
act, or impute or attribute to any female a want of chastity, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
[9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
1325]
A person who throws, propels, or drops a stone, brick, or other
dangerous object at a passenger train, sleeping car, passenger coach,
express car, mail car, baggage car, locomotive, caboose, or freight
train or at a street car, trolley car, or motor vehicle, which does
not result in damage to property, injury, serious impairment or death
to a person, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $100, or both.
