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.
[R.O. 1998 §215.150; CC 1988 § 15-306; Ord. No. 889 §47(11), 1-2-1979; Ord. No. 3031 §215.355, 12-5-2016]
A. 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:
1.
He/she knowingly makes a false entry
in or falsely alters any public record; or
2.
Knowing he/she lacks authority to
do so, he/she destroys, suppresses 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.
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 arrest for any offense or violation of probation or parole,
he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
[R.O. 1998 §215.230; CC 1988 §15-304; Ord. No. 889 §47(9), 1-2-1979; Ord. No. 3031 §215.420, 12-5-2016]
A person commits the offense of making
a false bomb report if he/she knowingly makes a false report or causes
a false report to be made to any person that a bomb or other explosive
has been placed in any public or private place or vehicle.
[R.O. 1998 §215.255; Ord. No. 2125 §1, 3-6-2000; Ord. No. 3031 §215.440, 12-5-2016]
A. No person shall in any manner obstruct,
hinder, resist or otherwise interfere with any City Official or employee
or Police Officer in the discharge of the duties of such officer,
employee or Police Officer.
B. A person commits the offense of obstructing
government operations if he or she purposely obstructs, impairs, hinders
or perverts the performance of a governmental function by use or threat
of violence, force or other physical interference or obstacle.
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.