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Subdivision 1.False reporting.
Whoever informs a law enforcement officer that a crime has been committed or otherwise provides information to an on-duty peace officer, knowing that the person is a peace officer, regarding the conduct of others, knowing that it is false and intending that the officer shall act in reliance upon it, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who is convicted a second or subsequent time under this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
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Subd. 2.Reporting police misconduct.
(a) Whoever informs, or causes information to be communicated to, a peace officer, whose responsibilities include investigating or reporting police misconduct, that a peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), has committed an act of police misconduct, knowing that the information is false, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as follows:
(1) up to the maximum provided for a misdemeanor if the false information does not allege a criminal act; or
(2) up to the maximum provided for a gross misdemeanor if the false information alleges a criminal act.
(b) The court shall order any person convicted of a violation of this subdivision to make full restitution of all reasonable expenses incurred in the investigation of the false allegation unless the court makes a specific written finding that restitution would be inappropriate under the circumstances. A restitution award may not exceed $3,000.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case:
State v. Crawley, 819 N.W.2d 94 (Minn. 2012).
State v. Crawley, 819 N.W.2d 94 (Minn. 2012).
· cites it 135× “A jury found Melissa Jean Crawley guilty of violating the challenged law, Minn.Stat. § 609.505, subd. 2 (2010), based on the fact that she informed a police officer that another officer forged her signature, knowing that the information conveyed was false.”
State v. Crawley, 789 N.W.2d 899 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 24× “The state charged Crawley with the criminal offenses of falsely reporting police misconduct, Minn.Stat. § 609.505, subd. 2, and falsely reporting a crime, Minn.”
State of Minnesota v. Timothy Robert Turner, 864 N.W.2d 204 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 13× “In Crawley , the defendant was convicted of knowingly making a false report of police misconduct, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.505, subd. 2 (2010). 819 N.”
State v. Hensel, 901 N.W.2d 166 (Minn. 2017).
· cites it 2× “2d at 98 (quoting Minn. Stat. § 609.505 , subd. 2 (2010)). We narrowly construed this statute to apply only to defamation, even though the statute as written omitted two of the four elements of defamation.”
State v. O'MEARA, 755 N.W.2d 29 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “6(c) (2004)); and falsely reporting a crime (Minn.Stat. § 609.505 (2004)). The complaint originally alleged that the charged offenses were committed during late June and early July 2006.”
United States v. Skye Renee Davis, 174 F.3d 941 (8th Cir. 1999).
“See Minn.Stat. § 609.505. 6 . For example, Johnson testified that he brought Davis to the police station to "talk to an investigator downtown and then we’ll see what happens from there.”
Coleman v. State, 407 P.3d 502 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017).
“Minn. Stat. § 609.505 . 52 . Neb. Rev. St.”
United States v. Davis, 21 F. Supp. 2d 979 (D. Minnesota 1998).
· cites it 2× “While it may now appear that Officer Johnson had probable cause to arrest defendant for the misdemeanor of making a false report to a police officer, (Minnesota Statutes Section 609.505), defendant was never charged with that crime, and it is clear from the record that neither…”
State v. Pegelow, 809 N.W.2d 245 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “- See Minn.Stat. § 609.505, subd. 2(a) (2010). The state also argues that the legislature included the phrase "unlawful act" to prevent criminalizing harassing conduct that is permitted or excepted by law.”
United States v. Streett, 363 F. Supp. 3d 1212 (D.N.M. 2018).
“Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.505 . See 10A Minnesota Practice Series: Jury Instruction Guides -- Criminal 24.”
Lee v. Coopers Corner Liquor (D. Minnesota 2022).
· cites it 2× “527(c), which defines terms pertaining to the crime of identity theft, and Minnesota Statutes Section 609.505, which defines falsely reporting that a crime has been committed as a misdemeanor offense.”
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