6-5-201. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) “Emergency” means a crime or a situation which could result in a public official responding in an authorized emergency vehicle or which could jeopardize public safety and could result in the evacuation of any area, building, structure, vehicle or other place people may enter; (ii) “Official […]
6-5-202. Accessory after the fact; penalties. (a) A person is an accessory after the fact if, with intent to hinder, delay or prevent the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, detention, conviction or punishment of another for the commission of a crime, he renders assistance to the person. (b) An accessory after the fact commits: (i) A […]
6-5-203. Compounding; penalties. (a) A person commits compounding if, knowing of the actual commission of a crime or the violation of a statute for which a penalty or forfeiture is prescribed, he takes property or accepts an offer of property upon an agreement or understanding, express or implied, to: (i) Compound or conceal the crime […]
6-5-204. Interference with peace officer; disarming peace officer; penalties. (a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if he knowingly obstructs, impedes or interferes with or resists arrest by a peace officer while engaged in […]
6-5-205. Running manned roadblock; penalties. A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he proceeds or travels through a roadblock which is supervised by a uniformed peace officer without stopping and obeying the instructions […]
6-5-206. Escape from official detention; penalties. (a) A person commits a crime if he escapes from official detention. Escape is: (i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, if the detention is the result of a conviction for a felony; (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than […]
6-5-207. Escape by violence or assault, or while armed; penalty. A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years if he escapes from official detention by violence or while armed with a deadly weapon or by assault upon a person in charge of the detention.
6-5-208. Taking controlled substances or liquor into jails, penal institutions or mental hospitals; penalties. Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if that person takes or passes […]
6-5-209. Taking deadly weapons into jails, penal institutions, mental hospitals or courtrooms; penalties. (a) Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if that person takes or passes […]
6-5-210. False reporting to authorities; penalties. (a) A person who knowingly reports falsely to a 911 emergency reporting system, law enforcement agency or a fire department that: (i) A crime has been committed is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven […]
6-5-211. Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties. (a) Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for restitution by order of a court […]
6-5-212. Interference with emergency calls; interference with emergency reporting system. (a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he knowingly obstructs, prevents, hinders or otherwise interferes with the making or completion of a […]
6-5-213. Taking contraband into penal institutions or correctional facilities; definitions; penalties. (a) Except as authorized by a person in charge, no person shall: (i) Intentionally convey or attempt to convey contraband to a person confined in a penal institution or correctional facility; or (ii) Intentionally make, obtain or possess contraband if the person is officially […]
