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525.04 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 70 (c) No person, by impersonating a peace officer or a private policeman, shall arrest or detain any person, search any person or search the property of any person. (d) No person, with`purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of an offense, shall impersonate a peace officer, a private policeman or an officer, agent or employee of the State or the Municipality. (e) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (b) hereof that the imper- sonation of the peace officer was for a lawful purpose. (f) Whoever violates .subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Whoever violates subsections (c) or (d) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided that the purpose of a violation of subsection (d) hereof is not to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony. (ORC 2921.51) 525.04 COMPOUNDING A CRIME. (a) No person shall knowingly demand, accept or agree to accept anything of value in consideration of abandoning or agreeing to abandon a pending criminal prosecution. (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section when both of the following apply: (1) The pending prosecutioninvolved is for violation of Sections 545.05, 545.09 or 545.10(b)(2), or Ohio R.C. 2913.02, 2913,11 or 2913.21(B)(2), of which the actor under this section was the victim. (2) The thing of value demanded, accepted or agreed to be accepted, in considera- tion of abandoning or agreeing to abandon the prosecution, did not exceed an amount which the actor reasonably believed due him as restitution for the loss caused him by the offense, (c) When a prosecuting witness abandons or agrees to abandon a prosecution under subsection (b) hereof, such abandonment or agreement in no way binds the State or Muni- cipality to abandoning the prosecution. (d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of compounding a crime, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2921.21) 1990 Replacement