A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of an offense, or of
any other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property
damage, he/she refuses to report or gives a false report of his/her
name and present address to a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the
performance of his/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/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.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.105; Ord. No.
7.001 § 7.595, 6-18-1985]
A. A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if
with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability
of a public record:
1.
He/she knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any
public record; or
2.
Knowingly he/she lacks authority to do so, he/she destroys,
suppresses or conceals any public record.
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 or violation of probation or parole, he/she escapes or
attempts to escape from custody.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.115; Ord. No.
7.001 § 7.615, 6-18-1985]
Any employer, or any agent who is in charge of a business establishment,
commits the offense of refusing to make an employee available for
service of process if he/she knowingly refuses to assist any officer
authorized by law to serve process who calls at such business establishment
during the working hours of an employee for the purpose of serving
process on such employee, by failing or refusing to make such employee
available for service of process.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.145; Ord. No.
7.001 § 7.645, 6-18-1985]
A. A public servant, in his/her public capacity or under color of his/her
office or employment, commits the offense of official misconduct if
he/she:
1.
Knowingly discriminates against any employee or any applicant
for employment on account of race, creed, color, sex or national origin,
provided such employee or applicant possesses adequate training and
educational qualifications;
2.
Knowingly demands or receives any fee or reward for the execution
of any official act or the performance of a duty imposed by law or
by the terms of his/her employment, that is not due, or that is more
than is due, or before it is due;
3.
Knowingly collects taxes when none are due, or exacts or demands
more than is due;
4.
Is a City Treasurer, City Clerk, or other Municipal Officer,
and knowingly orders the payment of any money, or draws any warrant,
or pays over any money for any purpose other than the specific purpose
for which the same was assessed, levied and collected, unless it is
or shall have become impossible to use such money for that specific
purpose;
5.
Is an officer or employee of any court and knowingly charges,
collects or receives less fee for his/her services than is provided
by law;
6.
Is an officer or employee of any court and knowingly, directly
or indirectly, buys, purchases or trades for any fee taxed or to be
taxed as costs in any court of this State, or any County warrant,
at less than par value which may be by law due or to become due to
any person by or through any such court; or
7.
Is a County officer, deputy or employee and knowingly traffics
for or purchases at less than the par value or speculates in any County
warrant issued by order of the County commission of his/her County,
or in any claim or demand held against such County.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.150; Ord. No.
7.001 § 7.650, 6-18-1985]
A. A public servant commits the offense of misuse of official information
if, in contemplation of official action by himself/herself or by a
governmental unit with which he/she is associated, or in reliance
on information to which he/she has access in his/her official capacity
and which has not been made public, he/she knowingly:
1.
Acquires a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction,
or enterprise which may be affected by such information or official
action; or
2.
Speculates or wagers on the basis of such information or official
action; or
3.
Aids, advises or encourages another to do any of the foregoing
with purpose of conferring a pecuniary benefit on any person.
B. A person commits the offense of misuse of official information if
he/she recklessly obtains or discloses information from the Missouri
uniform law enforcement system (MULES) or the National Crime Information
Center System (NCIC), or any other criminal justice information sharing
system that contains individually identifiable information for private
or personal use, or for a purpose other than in connection with their
official duties and performance of their job.