A. Fraudulently Obtaining A Ride: It shall be unlawful for any person to secure a ride or transportation in a taxicab by fraud. Any person riding in a taxicab and refusing to pay the legal charge when his journey is completed will be presumed to have secured a ride by fraud.
B. False Reports Of Crime: It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. Knowingly give false information to any law enforcement officer with purpose to implicate another;
2. Report to law enforcement authorities an offense or other incident within their concern knowing that it did not occur; or
3. Pretend to furnish such authorities with information relating to an offense or incident when he knows he has no information relating to such offense or incident.
4. Give a false name or address or age to a law enforcement officer with the intent of concealing or hiding one's own real name and/or address and/or age 2 . (Ord. 92-07, 7-21-1992)
C. Fraudulent Schemes: With the intent to defraud, no person shall knowingly obtain money, property, goods or services from another by false pretenses. Any person convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided in Section 1-4-1 of this Code.
D. Petit Larceny: It shall be unlawful for any person within the Town to steal, take and carry, lead or drive away any property of another with the intent to deprive the owner or lawful possessor of possession. Any person convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided in Section 1-4-1 of this Code. (Ord. 92-07, 7-21-1992; amd. 1999 Code)
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully conceal or take possession of any goods offered for sale by wholesale or retail stores or other mercantile establishments, without the knowledge or consent of the owner thereof, and with intent to convert the goods to his own use without paying the purchase price.
2. Any police officer, merchant or employee of a merchant with reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed the crime of shoplifting, as defined by subsection E1 of this Section, may detain and interrogate the suspected individual in regard thereto. In the event that the interrogated individual thereafter brings an action against the police officer, merchant or merchant's employee, a civil or criminal action for slander, false arrest, false imprisonment, assault, battery or wrongful detention premised upon the detention and interrogation previously stated, good faith and probable cause shall be a defense to the action if the detention and interrogation were done in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time. (Ord. 92-07, 7-21-1992)
Notes
| 1 | 2. W.S. § 6-3-601. |
| 2 | 1. W.S. § 6-3-407. |
| 3 | 2. W.S. § 6-3-404. |