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Police Department. Weapons lawfully seized or forfeited shall be disposed of in accordance with <br />state law and Division of Police policy. Any handgun which has been reported stolen pursuant to <br />Section 549.28 shall be returned to the owner, unless possession thereof by the owner would <br />constitute a violation of any provision contained in this chapter. <br />is hereby repealed. <br />Section 14. Section 525.08, Obstructing Justice, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, <br />currently reading as follows: <br />525.08 OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. <br />(a) No person, with purpose to hinder the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction or <br />punishment of another for a misdemeanor, or to assist another to benefit from the commission of a <br />misdemeanor, and no person, with purpose to hinder the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, <br />adjudication as a delinquent child, or disposition of a child for an act that if committed by an adult <br />would be a misdemeanor or to assist a child to benefit from the commission of an act that if <br />committed by an adult would be a misdemeanor, shall do any of the following: <br />(1) Harbor or conceal the other person or child; <br />(2) Provide the other person or child with money, transportation, a weapon, a disguise, or other <br />means of avoiding discovery or apprehension; <br />(3) Warn the other person or child of impending discovery or apprehension; <br />(4) Destroy or conceal physical evidence of the misdemeanor, or induce any person to withhold <br />testimony or information or to elude legal process summoning the person to testify or supply <br />evidence; <br />(5) Communicate false information to any person. <br />(b) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of obstructing justice. <br />(2) If the crime committed by the person aided is a misdemeanor or if the act committed by the <br />child aided would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, obstructing justice is a misdemeanor <br />of the same degree as the misdemeanor committed by the person aided or a misdemeanor of the <br />same degree that the act committed by the child aided would be if committed by an adult. <br />(c) As used in this section: <br />(1) "Adult" and "child" have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2151.011. <br />(2) "Delinquent child" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2151.02. <br />is hereby repealed and new Section 525.08, Obstructing Justice, of the Lakewood Codified <br />Ordinances, is hereby enacted to read as follows. <br />525.08 OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. <br />(a) No person, with purpose to hinder the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or <br />punishment of another for crime or to assist another to benefit from the commission of a crime, and <br />no person, with purpose to hinder the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, adjudication as a <br />delinquent child, or disposition of a child for an act that if committed by an adult would be a crime <br />or to assist a child to benefit from the commission of an act that if committed by an adult would be <br />a crime, shall do any of the following: <br />(1) Harbor or conceal the other person or child; <br />(2) Provide the other person or child with money, transportation, a weapon, a disguise, or other <br />means of avoiding discovery or apprehension; <br />(3) Warn the other person or child of impending discovery or apprehension; <br />(4) Destroy or conceal physical evidence of the crime or act, or induce any person to withhold <br />testimony or information or to elude legal process summoning the person to testify or supply <br />evidence; <br />(5) Communicate false information to any person; <br />12 <br />