(a) A person is subject to misdemeanor prosecution and punishment in this Municipality if any of the following occur:
(1) He commits an offense under the laws of this Municipality, any element of which takes place in this Municipality;
(2) While in this Municipality, he conspires or attempts to commit, or is guilty of complicity in the commission of an offense in another jurisdiction, which offense is an offense under both the laws of this Municipality and such other jurisdiction;
(3) While out of this Municipality, he conspires or attempts to commit, or is guilty of complicity in the commission of an offense in this Municipality;
(4) While out of this Municipality, he omits to perform a legal duty imposed by the laws of this Municipality, which omission affects a legitimate interest of the Municipality in protecting, governing or regulating any person, property, thing, transaction or activity in this Municipality;
(5) While out of this Municipality, he unlawfully takes or retains property and subsequently brings any of such property into this Municipality;
(6) While out of this Municipality, he unlawfully takes or entices another and subsequently brings such other person into this Municipality.
(7) The person, by means of a computer, computer system, computer network, telecommunication, telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service, causes or knowingly permits any writing, data, image or other telecommunication to be disseminated or transmitted into this Municipality in violation of the law of this Municipality.
(b) In homicide, the element referred to in subsection (a)(1) hereof is either the act which causes death, or the physical contact which causes death, or the death itself. If any part of the body of a homicide victim is found in this Municipality, the death is presumed to have occurred within this Municipality.
(c) This Municipality includes the land and water within its boundaries and the air space above such land and water, and real property outside the corporate limits, with respect to which this Municipality has either exclusive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction. Where the boundary between this Municipality and another jurisdiction is disputed, the disputed territory is conclusively presumed to be within this Municipality for purposes of this section.
(d) When an offense is committed under the laws of this Municipality, and it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense or any element thereof took place either in this Municipality or in another jurisdiction or jurisdictions, but it cannot reasonably be determined in which it took place, such offense or element is conclusively presumed to have taken place in this Municipality for purposes of this section.
(e) As used in this section, “computer”, “computer system”, “computer network”, “information service”, “telecommunication”, “telecommunications device”, “telecommunications service”, “data” and “writing” have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(Ord. 12-02. Passed 9-3-02.)