Note it is a Criminal Offence to Give False Information in This Application

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[Music] hi this is Mike Haber thank you for asking me what happens if I give false information to a cop interestingly Florida does not have an obstruction of justice statute but we do have a law that makes it a crime to falsely give information to a law enforcement officer during an investigation eight 37.0 five five makes it a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 364 days in jail to willfully provide false information to a cop while he's conducting a missing-persons report or a felony not misdemeanor but felony criminal investigation to be found guilty of this crime providing false information to a law enforcement officer during an investigation the state must prove the following four elements beyond a reasonable doubt one a law enforcement officer was conducting either a missing-persons report or a felony criminal investigation to the accused knew the investigator was a law enforcement officer 3 the accused knowingly and willfully gave false information to said law enforcemen