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 after 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.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.160]
A.
A person commits the offense of obstructing
government operations if he/she purposely obstructs, impairs, hinders
or perverts the performance of a governmental function by the use
or threat of violence, force or other physical interference or obstacle.
B.
Obstructing government operations is an
ordinance violation.
