A.
A person commits the offense of concealing an offense if he or she:
1.
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.
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 person for conduct constituting an offense,
he or she:
1.
Harbors or conceals such person; or
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; or
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.
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.
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness or victim
if:
1.
With the purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness
to disobey a subpoena or other legal process, absent himself or herself,
avoid subpoena or other legal process, withhold evidence, information,
or documents, or testify falsely, he or she:
2.
He or she purposely 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:
a.
Making any report of such victimization to any peace officer, State,
Local or Federal Law Enforcement Officer, prosecuting agency, or judge;
b.
Causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted
or assisting in the prosecution thereof;
c.
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.
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence
if he/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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
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 such person:
1.
Falsely represents himself/herself to be a public servant with
the purpose to induce another to submit to his/her pretended official
authority or to rely upon his/her pretended official acts, and
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
3.
Upon being arrested, falsely represents himself/herself, to
a Law Enforcement Officer, with the first and last name, 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.
B.
If a violation of Subsection (A)(3) hereof is discovered prior to any conviction of the person actually arrested for an underlying charge, then the prosecuting attorney bringing any action on the underlying charge shall notify the court thereof, and the court shall order the false-identifying factors ascribed to the person actually arrested as are contained in the arrest and court records amended to correctly and accurately identify the defendant and shall expunge the incorrect and inaccurate identifying factors from the arrest and court records.
C.
Any person who is the victim of a false impersonation and whose identity
has been falsely reported in arrest or conviction records may move
for expungement and correction of said records under the procedures
set forth in Section 610.123, RSMo. Upon a showing that a substantial
number of identifying factors of the victim was falsely ascribed to
the person actually arrested or convicted, the court shall order the
false-identifying factors ascribed to the person actually arrested
as are contained in the arrest and court records amended to correctly
and accurately identify the defendant and shall expunge the incorrect
and inaccurate factors from the arrest and court records.
[Ord. No. 1537 §1, 9-5-2006]
It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession
a reproduced, modified or altered motor vehicle driver's license,
non-driver's license issued by any uniformed service of the United
States, or identification card established in Section 302.181, RSMo.,
or any other such identification card which indicates that the person
represented on the card is over twenty-one (21) years of age.
A.
A person commits the offense of making a false report if he/she knowingly:
1.
Gives false information to any person for the purpose of implicating
another person in an offense; or
2.
Makes a false report to a Law Enforcement Officer that an 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. 1731 §1, 2-6-2012]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A.
A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest,
detention, or stop if he or she knows or reasonably should know that
a Law Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully
detain or stop an individual or vehicle, and for the purpose of preventing
the Officer from effecting the arrest, stop or detention, he or she:
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.
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
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.
"Process" includes any writ, summons, subpoena, warrant other than
an arrest warrant, or other process or order of a court.
[Ord. No. 1537 §1, 9-5-2006]
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly
obstruct, resist, oppose or fail to obey a lawful command of any duly
authorized representative or officer of the City executing or attempting
to execute and carry into effect any provision of this Code or other
ordinance or order adopted by the proper authorities of this City.
[Ord. No. 1537 §1, 9-5-2006]
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly attempt to
kill or disable or knowingly cause or attempt to cause serious physical
injury to a Police animal when that animal is involved in law enforcement
investigation, apprehension, tracking, or search, or the animal is
in the custody of or under the control of a Law Enforcement Officer,
the Oak Grove Police Department, any Fire Department or Fire Protection
District with jurisdiction in the City, or a rescue unit or agency.
For purposes of this Section, "police animal" shall
mean a dog, horse or other animal used in law enforcement or a correctional
facility, or by a Municipal Police Department, Fire Department, search
and rescue unit or agency, whether the animal is on duty or not on
duty, and shall include, but not be limited to, accelerant detection
dogs, bomb detection dogs, narcotic detection dogs, search and rescue
dogs and tracking animals.
[Ord. No. 1439 §5, 4-19-2004; Ord. No. 1537 §1, 9-5-2006]
A.
A person
commits the offense of deceiving a Law Enforcement Officer if he/she
shall knowingly deceive a Law Enforcement Officer for the following
purposes:
1.
To prevent discovery of any offense or crime which has been or is
being committed by any person; or
2.
To prevent or hinder investigation, apprehension, prosecution, conviction,
or punishment of any person for conduct constituting an offense under
the ordinances of the City of Oak Grove or the laws of the State of
Missouri.
B.
It
is a defense to a prosecution under this Section that the actor retracted
the false information or removed the deception, but this defense shall
not apply if the retraction or removal was made after:
[Ord. No. 1537 §1, 9-5-2006]
A.
A person
commits the crime of eluding a law enforcement official if such person:
1.
Operates a motor vehicle after receiving a clearly visible flashing
or revolving light and an audible signal, such as a red light and
a siren, from a law enforcement official driving a motor vehicle,
directing the person to bring the motor vehicle to a stop where such
law enforcement official has a reasonable suspicion that a law or
local ordinance has been violated; and
2.
Purposely increases the speed of the motor vehicle or extinguishes
the lights of the motor vehicle for the purpose of eluding such law
enforcement official; or
3.
Purposely attempts in any other manner to elude the law enforcement
official; or
4.
Does elude such law enforcement official.
[Ord. No. 1537 §1, 9-5-2006]
A.
A person
commits the offense of interfering with a prisoner or aiding escape
of a prisoner if he/she:
1.
Introduces into any place of confinement any deadly weapon or dangerous
instrument, or other thing adapted or designed for use in making an
escape, with the purpose of facilitating the escape of any prisoner
confined therein, or of facilitating the commission of any other crime;
or
2.
Assists or attempts to assist any prisoner who is being held in custody
or confinement for the purpose of effecting the prisoner's escape
from custody or confinement; or
3.
Gives away or sells, or attempts to give away or sell, to any person
confined in any City detention facility or in custody of any law enforcement
officer in the City anything whatsoever without the consent of the
person in charge of such jail or person having such custody.
