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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]
In federal law, crimes constituting obstruction of justice are defined primarily in Chapter 73 of Title 18 of the United States Code. [7] [8] This chapter contains provisions covering various specific crimes such as witness tampering and retaliation, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, assault on a process server, and theft of court ...
Brad’s former business partner, 65-year-old James Valle Cotter was also arrested at his home last month on a third-degree felony charge of tampering with evidence with intent to impair an ...
The defendant has been charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence/human corpse. He’s being held in the Sabine County Jail on a $20m bond. He’s being held in the Sabine County ...
Articles relating to tampering with evidence, 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
James Vallee Cotter, Brad Simpson's business associate, was arrested over an allegation of tampering with evidence. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced his arrest on Tuesday but ...
Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Reed sentenced Latoya McClellan, 43, to a term of 18 months on a third-degree felony charge of tampering with evidence. Admittedly choosing his words ...
Corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding is a felony under U.S. federal law. It was enacted as part of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 in reaction to the Enron scandal, and closed a legal loophole on who could be charged with evidence tampering by defining the new crime very broadly.