A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she knowingly commits any of the following acts:
(A) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false information; or
(B) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the subject at issue to leave the state or conceal himself or herself; or
(C) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at issue, he or she leaves the State or conceals himself; or
(D) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a child under 13 years of age reports materially false information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, State’s Attorney, or other governmental agency during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a child under circumstances described in ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 10-10.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 31-4(a)) (`79 Code, § 130.056) (Ord. 1032, passed 4-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99