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(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Insert or deposit a slug in a coin machine, with purpose to defraud;
(2) Make, possess or dispose of a slug, with purpose of enabling another to defraud by inserting or depositing it in a coin machine.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making or using slugs, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 2913.33)
(a) No person, with purpose to commit theft or to defraud, shall knowingly enter, force an entrance into, tamper with or insert any part of an instrument into any coin machine.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with coin machines, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the offender has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, Ohio R. C. 2911. 32 or of any theft offense.
(ORC 2911.32)
(a) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud, shall do either of the following:
(1) Hire an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse or buggy, or keep or operate any of the same which has been hired;
(2) Engage accommodations at a hotel, motel, inn, campground or other hostelry.
(b) It is prima-facie evidence of purpose to defraud if the offender does any of the following:
(1) Uses deception to induce the rental agency to furnish the offender with any of the property listed in subsection (a)(1) hereof, or uses deception to induce the hostelry to furnish him with accommodations;
(2) Hires any of the property named in subsection (a)(1) hereof, or engage accommodations, knowing he is without sufficient means to pay the hire or rental;
(3) Absconds without paying the hire or rental;
(4) Knowingly fails to pay the hire or rental as required by the contract of hire or rental, without reasonable excuse for such failure;
(5) Knowingly fails to return hired property as required by the contract of hire, without reasonable excuse for such failure.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of defrauding a livery or hostelry, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the offender has not previously been convicted of an offense under this section, Ohio R. C. 2913.41 or of any other theft offense.
(ORC 2913.41)
(a) No person, knowing he has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:
(1) Falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface or mutilate any writing or record;
(2) Utter any writing or record, knowing it to have been tampered with as provided in subsection (a)(1) hereof.
(Ord. 50-02. Passed 11-4-02.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the violation involves data or computer software the value of which or loss to the victim is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if the writing or record is a will unrevoked at the time of the offense, tampering with records is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(Ord. 13-12. Passed 3-5-2012.)
(a) No person, by deception, shall cause another to execute any writing which disposes of or encumbers property, or by which a pecuniary obligation is incurred.
(Ord. 51-02. Passed 4-15-2002.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of procuring writings by deception, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided the value of the property or obligation involved is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Ord. 13-12. Passed 3-5-2012.)
(a) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud, or with purpose to induce another to purchase property or services, shall personate a law enforcement officer, or an inspector, investigator or agent of any governmental agency.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of personating an officer, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2913.44)
(a) No person, with purpose to defraud one or more of his creditors, shall do any of the following:
(1) Remove, conceal, destroy, encumber, convey or otherwise deal with any of his property;
(2) Misrepresent or refuse to disclose to a fiduciary appointed to administer or manage his affairs or estate, the existence, amount or location of any of his property, or any other information regarding such property which he is legally required to furnish to the fiduciary.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of defrauding creditors, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2913.45)
(a) No person shall receive, retain, transfer outside the City or dispose of property of another, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the property has been obtained through commission of a theft offense.
(b) It is not a defense to a charge of receiving stolen property in violation of this section that the property was obtained by means other than through the commission of a theft offense if the property was explicitly represented to the accused person as being obtained through the commission of a theft offense.
(c) When able to do so, the City may seize by lawful means any property obtained through the commission of a theft offense from a bona fide purchaser of such property, whether the property is within or without the City, and may return such property to its owner.
(d) A bona fide purchaser of property obtained through the commission of a theft offense from whom the City has seized such property by lawful means may be classified as a victim of receiving stolen property.
(e) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided that the value of the property involved is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (Ord. 13-12. Passed 3-5-2012.)
(a) No person shall knowingly, without the utility's consent, with intent to violate subsection (b) hereof:
(1) Tamper with a gas, electric, steam or water meter, conduit or attachment of a utility;
(2) Reconnect a gas, electric, steam or water meter, conduit or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility.
In a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) hereof, proof that a meter, conduit or attachment of a utility has been tampered with is prima-facie evidence that the person who is obligated to pay for the service rendered through the meter, conduit or attachment, and who is in possession or control of the meter, conduit or attachment at the time the tampering occurred, has caused the tampering with intent to violate subsection (b) hereof.
In a prosecution under subsection (a)(2) hereof, proof that a meter, conduit or attachment disconnected by a utility has been reconnected without the consent of the utility is prima-facie evidence that the person in possession or control of the meter, conduit or attachment at the time of the reconnection has reconnected the meter, conduit or attachment with intent to violate subsection (b) hereof.
As used in this section, “utility” means any electric light company, gas company, natural gas company, pipe-line company, waterworks company or heating or cooling company, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4905.03(A)(4), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9), its lessees, trustees or receivers, or any similar utility owned or operated by a political subdivision.
As used in this section, to “tamper” means to interfere with, damage or bypass a utility meter, conduit or attachment with the intent to impede the correct registration of a meter or the proper functions of a conduit or attachment so as to reduce the amount of utility service that is registered on such meter.
(ORC 4933.18)
(b) No person shall knowingly consume any gas, electricity, steam or water that has not been correctly registered because a meter, conduit or attachment of a utility has been tampered with, or knowingly use service that has been discontinued by a utility and reconnected without the utility's consent.
(c) Such utility shall notify its customers, on an annual basis, of the consequences of tampering with or bypassing a meter.
(ORC 4933.19)
(d) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of tampering with utility equipment, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided the cost of the gas, electricity, steam or water stolen, plus the cost of repair or replacement of the meters, conduits or attachments damaged in violation of subsection (a)(l) or (a)(2) hereof is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) and provided the offender has not previously been convicted of a violation of subsection (a) hereof. Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof shall make restitution to the utility for the cost of repair or replacement of the meters, conduits or attachments damaged and for the value of the gas, electricity, steam or water consumed. (ORC 4933.99(B))
(e) Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of theft of utility service, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided the value of the gas, electricity, steam or water is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) and provided the offender has not previously been convicted of a violation of subsection (b) hereof. Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof shall make restitution to the utility for the value of the gas, electricity, steam or water consumed in violation of that subsection.
(ORC 4933.99(C))
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