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
arrest for any offense or violation of probation or parole, 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.
It shall be the duty of the operator or driver of
any vehicle or any other conveyance regardless of means of propulsion,
or the rider of any animal traveling on the highways of this City
to stop on signal of any Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter and
to obey any other reasonable signal or direction of such Law Enforcement
Officer or Firefighter given in directing the movement of traffic
on the highways or enforcing any offense or infraction.
B.
The offense of willfully failing or refusing to obey
such signals or directions or willfully resisting or opposing a Law
Enforcement Officer or a Firefighter in the proper discharge of his
or her duties is an ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 08-01-04 § 1, 1-10-2008]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse
to obey any reasonable order or direction of any Law Enforcement Officer
while in the exercise of the Law Enforcement Officer's duty.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct a
Law Enforcement Officer in an attempt to arrest any person or while
the Law Enforcement Officer is carrying out any duty incumbent upon
that officer as a Law Enforcement Officer.