[Code 1974, § 36-3(e); amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-13]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly enter upon public or private premises without lawful authority after having been prohibited from doing so by the owner or occupant thereof or the agent or servant of such owner or occupant or by a police officer while on duty or to remain upon public or private premises after being notified to depart therefrom by the owner or occupant thereof or the agent or servant of either or by a police officer while on duty.
(b) 
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 30 days, a fine of not more than $250, or both.
State law reference: MCL 750.552.
[Added 2-6-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
(a) 
A person who willfully and maliciously destroys or injures the personal property, the house, barn or other building or its appurtenances of another person is guilty of a crime as follows:
(1) 
If the amount of the destruction or injury is less than $200, a person who violates Subsection (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the amount of the destruction or injury, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
State law reference: MCL 750.377a.
[Added 2-6-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
(a) 
A person who commits larceny by stealing any of the following property of another person is guilty of a crime as provided in this section:
(1) 
Money, goods, or chattels.
(2) 
A bank note, bank bill, bond, promissory note, due bill, bill of exchange or other bill, draft, order, or certificate.
(3) 
A book of accounts, for or concerning money or goods due, to become due, or to be delivered.
(4) 
A deed or writing containing a conveyance of land or other valuable contract in force.
(5) 
A receipt, release, or defeasance.
(6) 
A writ, process or public record.
(b) 
If the property stolen has a value of less than $200, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the value of the property stolen, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
State law reference: MCL 750.356.
[Added 2-6-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
(a) 
A person who as the agent, servant, or employee of another person, governmental entity within Meridian Township, or other legal entity or who as the trustee, bailee, or custodian of the property of another person, governmental entity within Meridian Township, or other legal entity fraudulently disposes of or converts to his or her own use, or takes or secretes with the intent to convert to his or her own use without the consent of his or her principal, any money or other personal property of his or her principal that has come to that person's possession or that is under his or her charge or control by virtue of his or her being an agent, servant, employee, trustee, bailee, or custodian, is guilty of embezzlement.
(b) 
If the money or personal property embezzled under Subsection (a) has a value of less than $200, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the value of the money or property embezzled, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
State law reference: MCL 750.174.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-13]
(a) 
No person shall put up at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe as a guest and procure any food, entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, except when credit is given therefor by express agreement, with intent to defraud such keeper thereof out of the pay for the same, or, who, with intent to defraud such keeper out of the pay therefor, obtains credit at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe for such food, entertainment or accommodation, by means of any false show of baggage or effects brought thereto.
(b) 
Obtaining such food, lodging, or accommodation by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show of baggage or other property, or refusal or neglect to pay therefor on demand, or payment thereof with check, draft order upon a bank or other depository on which payment was refused, or absconding without paying or offering to pay therefor, or surreptitiously removing or attempting to remove baggage, shall be prima facie evidence of such intent to defraud.
(c) 
A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail, a fine of not more than $500, or both.
(d) 
No conviction shall be had under the provisions of this section unless a complaint is made within 60 days of the time of the violation.
State law reference: MCL 750.292, MCL 750.293.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-13]
(a) 
No person shall break and enter, or enter without breaking, any dwelling, house, tent, hotel, office, store, shop, warehouse, barn, granary, factory or other building, boat, ship, railroad car or structure used or kept for public or private use, or any private apartment therein, or any cottage, clubhouse, boathouse, hunting or fishing lodge, garage or the outbuildings belonging thereto, any ice shanty with a value of $100 or more, or any other structure, whether occupied or unoccupied, without first obtaining permission to enter from the owner or occupant, agent, or person having immediate control thereof.
(b) 
Subsection (a) does not apply to entering without breaking any place which at the time of the entry was open to the public, unless the entry was expressly denied. Subsection (a) does not apply if the breaking and entering or entering without breaking was committed by a peace officer or an individual under the peace officer's direction in the lawful performance of his or her duties as a peace officer.
(c) 
A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail, a fine of not more than $500, or both.
State Law Reference: MCL 750.115.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-13]
(a) 
A person shall not buy, receive, possess, conceal, or aid in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted money, goods, or property knowing, or having reason to know or reason to believe, that the money, goods, or property is stolen, embezzled, or converted.
(b) 
If the property purchased, received, possessed, or concealed has a value of less than $200, a person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail, a fine of up to $500 or three times the value of the property purchased, received, possessed, or concealed, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
(c) 
Evidence that the property purchased, received, possessed, or concealed has a value equal to or greater than $200 shall not be a defense to this offense.
State law reference: MCL 750.535.