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One law cited involves tampering with government records. State law says it’s a crime to make, present or use “any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that ...
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 ...
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.
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.
In January 2016, a Texas grand jury chartered to investigate Planned Parenthood found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood but instead indicted CMP founder David Daleiden and member Sandra Merritt for creating and using false government IDs and attempting to purchase fetal tissue. The charges against Daleiden and Merritt in Texas were dismissed ...
James Vallee Cotter, 65, was booked into jail on suspicion of tampering with evidence weeks after Suzanne Simpson, 51, was last seen at her Olmos Park home, according to information from the Texas ...
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 ...
Senate Bill 1004 created penalty for tampering with an electronic monitoring device. Such instances have now dropped significantly, TDCJ director says How a Texas law may be helping plummet cases ...