WHAT EACH CHARGE CARRIES

Also searched as refusing to ID, failure to identify, wouldnt give my name, refused to identify myself

Refusing your name, address, or date of birth in a public place, once an officer reasonably suspects you of an offense or of witnessing a felony of violence.

Also searched as obstruction, obstructing, interfering with police, getting in the way

An act, without privilege, that hampers or impedes a public official performing a lawful duty, done with the purpose of preventing or delaying it.

Words alone are not an act. Speech that annoys or criticizes an officer is protected and cannot be turned into obstruction on its own.

Also searched as resisting, pulled away, fought the cuffs, resisted

Recklessly or by force resisting or interfering with a lawful arrest, of yourself or of someone else.

The arrest has to be lawful for the charge to stand, but that is decided in court afterwards rather than on the street.

Also searched as fleeing and eluding, didnt pull over, ran from police, failure to comply

Failing to comply with a lawful order or direction of an officer directing traffic, or willfully eluding or fleeing an officer after a signal to stop.

This is the charge behind not pulling over promptly. Ohio expects a prompt stop as soon as it is safe.

Also searched as disorderly, dis con, public intoxication, causing a scene

Recklessly causing inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another, by the specific conduct the statute lists.

The escalation to M4 for continuing after a warning is the one that catches people, because the warning is what creates it.

Also searched as wouldnt move back at a crash, got in the way at a fire, hampering at a scene, crowding an accident scene

Hampering the lawful operations of an official at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot or emergency, or failing to obey a lawful order of such an official, or knowingly hampering the person of another at such a scene.

A separate offense from obstructing official business, and it reaches a scene rather than an investigation. Standing somewhere at a crash can be within it where standing in the same place an hour later would not be.

Also searched as trespassing, trespassed, told to leave and stayed, trespass warning

Entering or staying on land or premises without privilege, including staying after someone with authority has told you to leave.

This is the charge that a filming dispute usually becomes. Once a lawful order to leave is refused, the suspected offense is the refusal.

Also searched as dui, ovi, drunk driving, dwi, impaired driving

Operating a vehicle while under the influence, or with a prohibited concentration of alcohol or a drug of abuse.

Priors inside the lookback period, a high test result, a refusal with a qualifying prior, and any serious injury all change this. The court suspension is separate from the administrative one that starts at arrest.

Also searched as driving on a suspended license, dus, drove while suspended

Operating a vehicle while your license is suspended under the OVI provisions.

Charged on top of whatever the original case does, including during the administrative suspension that starts at arrest.

Also searched as ccw charge, didnt tell them about my gun, concealed carry charge, duty to inform

Knowingly failing to disclose a concealed handgun when an officer asks during a stop, or failing to keep your hands in plain sight.

Senate Bill 215 tied this to the officer asking rather than to volunteering it on contact, and published summaries still disagree about how much of the old proactive duty survived. A license holder convicted of the misdemeanor also has the license suspended on top of the sentence.

Also searched as gun in the car charge, loaded gun in vehicle, shot from a car

Discharging a firearm from a vehicle, having a loaded handgun in one while under the influence, and the duties at a stop with a loaded handgun in the vehicle, among the other divisions.

Both apply to a qualifying adult exactly as they apply to anyone else. Permitless carry did not touch either.

Also searched as gun while drunk, carrying while drinking, drinking and carrying, armed and intoxicated

Carrying or using a firearm or dangerous ordnance while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse.

Carrying is enough. Nothing has to be fired and no vehicle has to be involved, which is what separates this from the vehicle section and from OVI.

Also searched as violating a cpo, broke the no contact order, protection order violation, contempt of a protection order

Recklessly violating the terms of a protection order or consent agreement issued under any of the five sections that create them.

The protected person cannot consent to the contact. An order is the court's, and doing what the protected person asked is not a defense to having broken it.

Also searched as gave him my gun, sold a gun to a felon, furnishing a firearm, handed over a gun

Recklessly selling or furnishing a firearm or dangerous ordnance to a person prohibited from having it, whether because they are intoxicated at the time or because they fall in a disabled class, or possessing one with purpose to do so.

Recklessly, not knowingly. The charge lands on the person handing it over, and intoxication at that moment counts alongside the categories that are about who somebody is.

Also searched as gave a gun to a kid, let a minor have a gun, handgun to someone under 21

Furnishing any firearm to a person under eighteen, or any handgun to a person under twenty one, other than for lawful hunting, sporting or educational purposes.

Two different ages for two different things: eighteen for a firearm, twenty one for a handgun.

Also searched as paraphernalia, pipe charge, needle, scales

Using, or possessing with purpose to use, equipment or material for producing, packing, storing, or introducing a controlled substance into the body.

Also searched as weed pipe, grinder charge, bong

Using, or possessing with purpose to use, paraphernalia specifically for marijuana.

A separate and lower offense than general drug paraphernalia, which is why the item involved matters.

Also searched as possession, poss, caught with drugs, how much is a felony

Knowingly obtaining, possessing, or using a controlled substance.

There is no single degree for this. It runs from a minor misdemeanor to a first degree felony depending on the substance and the amount, and the tables are the real answer.

Also searched as trafficking, intent to sell, distribution, dealing

Selling or offering to sell a controlled substance, or preparing, shipping, or possessing one with intent to distribute.

No completed sale is required. The tiers are the same weights as possession, charged a degree or more higher.

Also searched as physical control, PC, sleeping it off, sitting in my car drunk, parked and drinking

Being in the driver's position of a vehicle, in possession of the ignition key or other ignition device, while under the influence or over a prohibited concentration. No movement of the vehicle is required.

A court may impose a class seven license suspension. The offense is separate from OVI and does not require operation, which is the whole reason it exists as its own section.

Also searched as weapons under disability, WUD, felon with a gun, not allowed to have a gun

Knowingly acquiring, having, carrying or using a firearm or dangerous ordnance while inside one of the categories the section lists, which include being under indictment for or convicted of a felony offense of violence or a felony drug offense.

Under indictment is in the section alongside convicted, so the disability can attach before any case is decided. Relief from disability is a separate proceeding in section 2923.14.

Also searched as lying to police, false statement, gave a fake name, false report

Knowingly making a false statement, or knowingly swearing or affirming the truth of a false statement previously made, in one of the situations the section lists, which include a statement made with purpose to mislead a public official in performing an official function.

In a theft offense the degree climbs with the value involved. Staying silent is not a false statement, which is the distinction the section runs on.

Also searched as FTA, missed my court date, didnt show up to court, bench warrant

Failing to appear as required after having been released on personal recognizance or on a recognizance bond under section 2937.29.

This is a new and separate offense rather than a penalty on the old one, so it carries its own degree on top of whatever the original charge carries.

Also searched as wouldnt leave, refused to disperse, ordered to leave a protest, unlawful assembly

Failing to obey an official order to disperse, where five or more persons are participating in conduct likely to cause serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to persons in the vicinity.

The ordinary case is a minor misdemeanor, which means section 2935.26 puts it in citation territory rather than arrest territory.

Also searched as rioting, charged with riot, five or more people

Participating with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct with one of the purposes the section lists, which include committing a misdemeanor, intimidating a public official, or hindering a governmental function.

Four or more others means a group of five. The offense is built on disorderly conduct plus a purpose, so both halves have to be there.

Also searched as agg riot, felony riot

The same participation as riot, but with a purpose to commit or facilitate a felony, or while any participant has a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, or by a person under detention.

Which division a set of facts lands in is what sets the degree here, and the divisions are not interchangeable. The charging document names the one being used.

Also searched as gun on school property, weapon at a school, school safety zone, knife at school

Knowingly conveying, attempting to convey, or possessing a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone.

A school safety zone is wider than a school building. This section runs on the general deadly weapon definition, so the knife carve out written for section 2923.20 does not reach it.

Also searched as gun at the courthouse, weapon in court, knife at the courthouse

Knowingly conveying, attempting to convey, possessing or having under one's control a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a courthouse, or in another building or structure in which a courtroom is located.

Another building or structure in which a courtroom is located is the phrase that catches people. A municipal building with a courtroom inside it is covered by the words of the section.

Also searched as stalking, menacing, stalking charge, they said i was stalking

Engaging in a pattern of conduct that knowingly causes another person to believe the offender will cause them physical harm, or causes them mental distress.

A pattern of conduct means two or more incidents closely related in time. This is the offense a civil stalking protection order under section 2903.214 is built on, and the two run separately.

Also searched as speeding ticket, going too fast, exceeding the speed limit, radar ticket

Exceeding a speed limit set by the section, or driving at a speed greater or less than is reasonable and proper for the conditions, or at a speed that will not permit stopping within the assured clear distance ahead.

A construction zone with a sign posted under the section that governs those signs carries a fine of twice the usual amount, on top of everything else. Which division the ticket is written under decides whether the limit is prima facie or absolute, and no person may be convicted under divisions (B) through (O) on an officer's unaided visual estimate alone.

Also searched as open container, open container in a car, open beer in the car, open container ticket

Possessing an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in a state liquor store, on unauthorized permit premises, in any other public place, or while operating, riding in, or being in or on a stationary motor vehicle on a street, highway, or property open to the public for vehicular travel or parking.

Impairment is not an element and neither is drinking. The offense is possession of the opened container in a listed place, which is why it can be written against a passenger who never touched the wheel. The exceptions for a chauffeured limousine, a bottle resealed at purchase, and a designated outdoor refreshment area are in the statute itself.

Also searched as drinking in the car, drinking while driving, consuming in a vehicle

Consuming any beer or intoxicating liquor in a motor vehicle, outside the persons the open container section's limousine division describes.

A jailable offense, unlike the open container it usually travels with. Where the offender was under eighteen at the time, the court may also suspend a temporary instruction permit, probationary license or driver's license for not less than six months and not more than one year.

Also searched as shoplifting, stealing, petty theft, grand theft, larceny

Knowingly obtaining or exerting control over property or services, with purpose to deprive the owner of it, in one of the ways the section lists, including without consent, beyond the scope of consent given, by deception, by threat or by intimidation.

Shoplifting is not a separate offense. It is this section, on this ladder. Value is an element and is proved rather than asserted, and amounts across a course of conduct can be added together. A credit card, a license plate and a blank certificate of title each carry a fifth degree felony regardless of what they were worth.

Also searched as simple assault, hit someone, assault charge, battery

Knowingly causing or attempting to cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn, or recklessly causing serious physical harm to another or to another's unborn.

The section raises the degree into the felony range where the victim is in one of the classes it lists, a peace officer performing official duties among them, and which rung applies turns on the class and the circumstances the section names. Where the person harmed is a family or household member the charge is usually written as domestic violence instead, which is a different section with protection order machinery attached to it.

Also searched as aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, felony assault

Knowingly causing serious physical harm to another or to another's unborn, or causing or attempting to cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance.

A deadly weapon does the work here as much as the injury does: an attempt to cause physical harm by means of one is enough without serious harm resulting. The section raises the degree where the victim is a peace officer. On a domestic call the policy section directs an officer who finds this offense committed by the primary physical aggressor to arrest and detain that person until a warrant can be obtained.

Also searched as dv, domestic, domestic violence charge, domestic assault

Knowingly causing or attempting to cause physical harm to a family or household member, recklessly causing serious physical harm to one, or by threat of force knowingly causing one to believe the offender will cause imminent physical harm.

The threat of force route is a fourth degree misdemeanor on its own, rising to a first degree misdemeanor with two or more priors. The ladder has more rungs than these, including enhancements where the offender knew the victim was pregnant, and the section is where the whole of it is written. Family or household member is a defined term reaching former spouses and people who have lived together, and a complainant cannot drop the charge because the case belongs to the State.