A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of an offense, or of
any other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property
damage, he/she refuses to report or gives a false report of his/her
name and present address to a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the
performance of his/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/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 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 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.
[CC 1990 § 21-5; Ord. No. 83 § 1, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 940 §§ 1 — 2, 8-15-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any person operating a vehicle to willfully
fail to refuse to bring his/her vehicle to a stop or who otherwise
flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle when given visual
and audible signals to bring the vehicle to a stop. The signals given
by the Police Officer shall be by emergency light and siren.