A person commits the offense of concealing an offense if:
1.
He/she 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.
He/she 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]
[1]
Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can
be a felony under state law.
A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution if for
the purpose of preventing the apprehension, prosecution, conviction
or punishment of another for conduct constituting a crime he/she:
1.
Harbors or conceals such person;
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;
3.
Provides such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise
or other means to aid him/her in avoiding discovery or apprehension;
or
A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of a crime or of any
other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property
damage, upon demand by a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the performance
of his/her official duties, he/she refuses to report or gives a false
report of his/her name and present address to such officer.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding
if, with purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or
witness and thereby to 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.
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness if, with
purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness to disobey a
subpoena or other legal process, or to absent himself/herself or avoid
subpoena or other legal process, or to withhold evidence, information
or documents, or to testify falsely, he/she:
B.
A person commits the offense of "victim tampering" if, with purpose
to do so, he/she 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 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
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, misdemeanor or felony 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 a crime or offense;
2.
Makes a false report to a Law Enforcement Officer that a crime
or 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.
[CC 1980 § 74.090]
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to
interfere with any firemen when in the process of extinguishing any
fire in said City by standing or walking near the fire so as to be
in the way of firemen moving about or in moving or operation of any
fire equipment.
A.
A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest,
detention or stop if, knowing that a Law Enforcement Officer is making
an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain or stop an individual or
vehicle, or the person reasonably should know that a Law Enforcement
Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain or lawfully
stop an individual or vehicle, for the purpose of preventing the officer
from effecting the arrest, stop or detention, the person:
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.
B.
This Section applies to arrests, stops or detentions with or without
warrants and to arrests, stops or detentions for any crime, infraction
or ordinance violation.
C.
A person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if that person
continues to operate a motor vehicle after that person 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 that person.
D.
It is no defense to a prosecution under Subsection (A) of this Section that the Law Enforcement Officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to bar civil suits for unlawful arrest.[1]
[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 crime or offense, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.[1]
[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 any person is authorized by law to serve process, for the
purpose of preventing such person from effecting the service of any
process, he/she interferes with or obstructs such person.
B.
"Process" includes any writ, summons, subpoena, warrant other than
an arrest warrant, or other process or order of a court.
C.
Interference with legal process is an ordinance violation.
