Disfrazarse con intención de intimidar y sus consecuencias

Explicación Simple

Si alguien se disfraza para asustar a un policía o interrumpir su trabajo, puede meterse en problemas. La ley dice que esto está prohibido y puede tener consecuencias serias.

Es como cuando un niño se pone una máscara para asustar a sus amigos en Halloween, pero en vez de jugar, intenta detener a un adulto que está haciendo su trabajo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan se pone una capa y una máscara para tratar de asustar a un oficial de policía que está ayudando a una persona. Aunque solo quería jugar, Juan podría ser arrestado por intentar interrumpir el trabajo del oficial.

Penalidades

El infractor puede enfrentar hasta 1 año de prisión o una multa de hasta $1,000.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 750.217 - Disguising with intent to intimidate Sec. 217. Any person who in any manner disguises himself or herself with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law, or with intent to intimidate, hinder or interrupt any officer or any other person in the legal performance of his or her duty, or the exercise of his or her rights under the constitution and laws of this state, whether such intent be effected or not, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00. MCL 750.217a - Solicitation of information as to employment, residence, assets or earnings by false personation; penalty Sec. 217a. Any individual who on his own behalf, or as officer, agent, partner, employee, or representative of any entity, solicits or aids or abets another in soliciting information from any person as to his or any other person's place of employment, residence, assets or earnings, by any means whatever with the intent of misleading the person into believing that the information is being sought by or on behalf of, or for the purposes of, any governmental agency or commission is guilty of a misdemeanor. MCL 750.217b - Representation as public utility employee; felony; “public utility” defined Sec. 217b. (1) An individual who is not employed by a public utility shall not inform another individual or represent to another individual by uniform, identification, or any other means that he or she is employed by that public utility with intent to do 1 or more of the following: (a) Gain or attempt to gain entry to a residence, building, structure, facility, or other property. (b) Remain or attempt to remain in or upon a residence, building, structure, facility, or other property. (c) Commit or attempt to commit a crime.