A. 
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]
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 for conduct constituting a crime he:
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
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.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A person commits the offense of providing false testimony or declaration if, with the purpose to deceive, he or she knowingly testifies falsely in person or by affidavit, upon oath or affirmation legally administered, or provides a false written declaration or unauthentic document to a public servant, as to any material fact, in any official matter or proceeding before any court, public body or department of the City. A fact is material, regardless of admissibility under rules of evidence, if it could substantially affect, or did substantially affect, the course or outcome of the proceedings or otherwise caused the City to take substantial action. Knowledge of materiality is not an element of an offense under this Section. It is a defense to prosecution under this Section if the person retracted the false statement in the course of the same proceedings in which it was made, provided he or she did so before the falsity of the statement was otherwise exposed and before the City took substantial action in reliance thereon. The defendant has the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under this Section.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
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.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
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:
1. 
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; or
2. 
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness if, with purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness in an official proceeding 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:
1. 
Threatens or causes harm to any person or property;
2. 
Uses force, threats or deception;
3. 
Offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit, direct or indirect, upon such witness; or
4. 
Conveys any of the foregoing to another in furtherance of a conspiracy.
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:
1. 
Making any report of such victimization to any Peace Officer, or State, local or Federal Law Enforcement Officer or prosecuting agency or to any judge;
2. 
Causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted or assisting in the prosecution thereof; or
3. 
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.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if he or 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.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
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.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
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 he/she:
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
a. 
Performs an act in that pretended capacity; or
b. 
Causes another to act in reliance upon his/her pretended official authority.
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
a. 
Performs an act in that pretended capacity; or
b. 
Causes another to act in reliance upon such representation.
3. 
Upon being arrested, falsely represents himself or herself, to a Law Enforcement Officer, with the first and last name, or 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.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A. 
No person shall:
1. 
Falsely represent himself/herself to be an officer of the City with purpose to induce another to submit to his/her pretended official authority;
2. 
Without being authorized by the City, exercise or attempt to exercise any of the duties, functions or powers of a City Officer; or
3. 
Hinder, obstruct, resist or otherwise interfere with any City Officer in the discharge of his/her official duties.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
A. 
A person commits the offense of making a false report if he/she knowingly:
1. 
Gives false information to a Law Enforcement Officer 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.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
B. 
It is a defense to a prosecution under Subsection (A) of this Section that the actor retracted the false statement or report before the Law Enforcement Officer or any other person took substantial action in reliance thereon.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
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.
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[2]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest 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; to arrests, stops or detentions for any crime, infraction or ordinance violation; and 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 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.
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]
Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[2]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[2]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or confinement or attempted escape from custody or confinement if, while being held in custody after arrest or confinement after sentencing for any offense, he or she escapes or attempts to escape from such custody or confinement, including but not limited to by means of intentionally removing, altering, tampering, or damaging electronic monitoring equipment which a court has required such person to wear.
B. 
A person commits the offense of failure to return to confinement if while serving a sentence for any offense wherein he or she is temporarily permitted to go at large without guard, he or she purposefully fails to return to such confinement when required to do so.
C. 
For purposes of this Section, a person is in "custody" when he or she has been arrested but has not been delivered to a place of confinement.
D. 
For purposes of this Section, "confinement" shall mean:
1. 
A person is in confinement when he or she is held in a place of confinement pursuant to arrest or order of a court and remains in confinement until:
a. 
A court orders his or her release;
b. 
He or she is released on bail, bond or recognizance, personal or otherwise; or
c. 
A public servant having the legal power and duty to confine him/her authorizes his or her release without guard and without condition that he or she return to confinement.
2. 
A person is not in confinement if:
a. 
He or she is on probation or parole, temporary or otherwise; or
b. 
He or she is under sentence to serve a term of confinement which is not continuous, or is serving a sentence under a work-release program, and in either such case is not being held in a place of confinement or is not being held under guard by a person having the legal power and duty to transport him or her to or from a place of confinement.
[1]
Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[2]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
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. 
An employer or 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 or 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.
C. 
"Process" includes any writ, summons, subpoena, warrant other than an arrest warrant, or other process or order of a court.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2017.