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Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. [1] It is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions. [2]
From the creation of the federal courts by the Judiciary Act of 1789, judges had the power to summarily punish those who obstructed justice by holding them in contempt of court. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] A scandal in 1830 led to reform of the contempt law and the creation of obstruction of justice as a separate offense.
Investigators found records of the forged wills and defrauded estates in his home. They included real wills Spillman has ignored for his own benefit and papers and mementos from the estates he had drained. Spillman was charged with tampering with government records, impersonating a public servant and forgery. In 2002, he pleaded guilty to fraud ...
Thompson faced charges of tampering with government records, but those charges have since been dropped. At the time, she told the Star-Telegram she had revised an unpublished agenda ahead of a ...
Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley was arrested Friday night, booked into the Dallas County Jail and has since bonded out, according to court records. He faces a charge of tampering with government ...
He also pleaded guilty to tampering with government records, a felony, at the same time, according to court records. He was sentenced to three years in prison on those charges.
David Daleiden was indicted on one felony charge of tampering with a governmental record by making a fake driver's license and one misdemeanor count related to purchasing human organs; another center employee, Sandra Merritt, was indicted on one charge of tampering with a governmental record. [12] The Texas charges against Daleiden and Merritt ...
According to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, to be eligible to register to vote in Texas a person must: Be a U.S. citizen. Be a resident of the county where they’re registering.