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...For the purposes of prosecuting violations of sections 2917.02 and 2917.03 of the Revised Code, the state is not required to allege or prove that the offender expressly agreed with four or more others to commit any act that constitutes a violation of either section prior to or while committing those acts.

...t, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.

...A law enforcement officer or fireman, engaged in suppressing riot or in protecting persons or property during riot: (A) Is justified in using force, other than deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is necessary to disperse or apprehend rioters; (B) Is justified in using force, including deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is nec...

...preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road, highway, or right-of-way, or to, from, within, or upon public or private property, so as to interfere with the rights of others, and by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender; (5) Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents a risk of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves...

...(A) No person, with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, shall do either of the following: (1) Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession, or gathering; (2) Make any utterance, gesture, or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as ...

...t, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind; (2) Hamper the lawful activities of any emergency facility person who is engaged in the person's duties in an emergency facility; (3) Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in the law enforcement officer's duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind. (B) Nothing in this section sha...

...highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply: (1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emer...

...ry, illness, disfigurement, reputation, indecent conduct, or criminal conduct of the recipient of the telecommunication or family or household member of the recipient with purpose to abuse, threaten, intimidate, or harass the recipient; (10) Knowingly incites another person through a telecommunication or other means to harass or participate in the harassment of a person; (11) Knowingly alarms the recipient by makin...

...r property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over any enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, or conducted in violation of this section that the sentencing court determines to have been acquired or maintained as a result of the violation. (I) A victim of a violation of this section may commence a civil cause of action against the offender, as described in sec...

...ever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section, inducing panic is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (3) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section, if a violation of this section results in physical harm to any person, inducing panic is a felony of the fourth degr...

...or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm; (2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property; (3) Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did n...

...the report may cause bodily harm to any individual as a direct result of an emergency response to the report, and under circumstances where the report is reasonably likely to cause an emergency response from a law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or public safety answering point and the report does cause an emergency response. (C) This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized eme...

...quipment, supplies, or material of any kind; (c) Deleterious alteration of the environment. (3) "Toxin" means the toxic material of plants, animals, microorganisms, viruses, fungi, or infectious substances or a recombinant molecule, whatever its origin or method of reproduction, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (a) Any poisonous substance or biological product that may be engineered through bio...

...ht thousand tickets are offered to the public; (b) A concert that is not exempted under division (D) of this section and for which more than three thousand tickets are offered to the public. (2) No person shall advertise any live entertainment performance as described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section or any concert as described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section, unless the advertisement contains the ...

...ade the payment of the known fares of a public transportation system. (B) No person shall alter any transfer, pass, ticket, or token of a public transportation system with the purpose of evading the payment of fares or of defrauding the system. (C) No person shall do any of the following while in any facility or on any vehicle of a public transportation system: (1) Play sound equipment without the proper use of a ...

...ice services in the state department of public safety pursuant to section 5502.62 of the Revised Code unless authorized in accordance with that section, any rule adopted pursuant to that section, or former section 3313.206 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on April 8, 2019. (D) No person, with intent to identify a home or building as a mcgruff house program home or building, shall display a symbol that false...

...ervices, or investigation of disease by public health agencies. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of improperly handling infectious agents, a felony of the second degree.

...jail who participates in a county jail industry program pursuant to section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, "detention" includes time spent at an assigned work site and going to and from the work site. (F) "Detention facility" means any public or private place used for the confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States or allege...

...A) No person, with purpose to corrupt a public servant or party official, or improperly to influence a public servant or party official with respect to the discharge of the public servant's or party official's duty, whether before or after the public servant or party official is elected, appointed, qualified, employed, summoned, or sworn, shall promise, offer, or give any valuable thing or valuable benefit. (B) No ...

...t to influence, intimidate, or hinder a public servant, a party official, or an attorney or witness involved in a civil action or proceeding in the discharge of the person's the duties of the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of intimidation, a felony of the third degree. (C) A person who violates this section is liable in a civil action to any person...

...ll knowingly attempt to intimidate or hinder the victim of a crime or delinquent act in the filing or prosecution of criminal charges or a delinquent child action or proceeding, and no person shall knowingly attempt to intimidate a witness to a criminal or delinquent act by reason of the person being a witness to that act. (B) No person, knowingly and by force or by unlawful threat of harm to any person or pr...

... or property, shall retaliate against a public servant, a party official, or an attorney or witness who was involved in a civil or criminal action or proceeding because the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness discharged the duties of the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness. (B) No person, purposely and by force or by unlawful threat of harm to any person or property, shall retaliate...

...(A) No person, in any official proceeding, shall knowingly make a false statement under oath or affirmation, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously made, when either statement is material. (B) A falsification is material, regardless of its admissibility in evidence, if it can affect the course or outcome of the proceeding. It is no defense to a charge under this section that the offen...

... be false and with purpose to mislead a public official who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation, or with purpose to corrupt the outcome of any such proceeding or investigation. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with evidence, a felony of the third degree.

... in writing and is made with purpose to induce another to extend credit to or employ the offender, to confer any degree, diploma, certificate of attainment, award of excellence, or honor on the offender, or to extend to or bestow upon the offender any other valuable benefit or distinction, when the person to whom the statement is directed relies upon it to that person's detriment. (9) The statement is made with pur...