Providing False Information to Law Enforcement

Under Florida Statute Section 837.055, the offense of Providing False Information to Law Enforcement is committed when an individual, both knowingly and willfully, provides false information to a law enforcement officer who is conducting a missing person investigation or a felony investigation with the intention of impeding an investigation or misleading a law enforcement officer. This offense is not like perjury where a person makes a false statement under oath.

Punishment

In Florida, a person who commits the crime of Providing False Information Law Enforcement faces a first-degree misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to one year in prison and $1,000 in monetary fines. If the false information provided pertains to a child aged 16 or younger who is missing and who sustained great bodily harm or death, the crime is charged as a third-degree felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and $5,000 in monetary fines.

False Information to Law Enforcement in a Criminal Investigation

In Florida, the crime of Providing False Information to Law Enforcement in a Criminal Investigation is a first-degree misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to one year in prison and $1,000 in monetary fines.

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