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.
[Ord. No. 971, 3-20-2017]
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:
A. Disrupts
or disturbs a judicial proceeding, including but not limited to 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; or
B. Threatens
harm to or harasses such person or members of such person's family,
including their spouse and the ancestors and descendants of such person
or their spouse by blood or adoption, or any other person or property.
[Ord. No. 971, 3-20-2017]
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, he or she knowingly makes a false entry or alteration
thereto or if he or she knowingly without authority destroys 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.
[Ord. No. 971, 3-20-2017]
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:
1.
Arrests, stops or detentions with or without warrants;
2.
Arrests, stops or detentions for any offense, infraction or
ordinance violation; and
3.
Arrests for warrants issued by a court or a probation and parole
officer.
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.
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, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
[R.O. 1993 § 235.050; Ord. No.
333 Art. III, 11-24-1980]
A person commits the offense of interference with custody if,
knowing that he/she has no legal right to do so, he/she takes or entices
from lawful custody any person entrusted by order of a Court to the
custody of another person or institution.
[R.O. 1993 § 235.200; Ord. No.
352 § 1, 5-24-1982; Ord. No. 971 § 1, 3-20-2017]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Fail to comply with the lawful order or request of a Police
Officer in the discharge of the officer's official duties where such
failure interfered with, obstructed or hindered the officer in the
performance of such duties; or
2.
Fail to identify himself or herself by name upon request when
lawfully detained by a Police Officer; provided, however, that the
person may not be compelled to answer any other inquiry of the Police
Officer; or
3.
In any matter within the jurisdiction of any Law Enforcement
Officer of this City knowingly falsifies, conceals or covers up by
any trick, scheme or device a material fact, makes any materially
false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation, or makes
or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain
any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry.
[Ord. No. 971, 3-20-2017]
A person commits an offense if they willfully fail or refuse
to stop on signal of any Law Enforcement Officer or to obey any other
reasonable signal or direction of a Law Enforcement Officer given
in directing the movement of vehicular traffic or enforcing against
any offense or infraction or otherwise properly discharging their
duties.