A person is walking through an apartment complex parking lot looking into vehicles at 3am in the morning. When contacted by police, he is wearing rubber gloves and holding a car entry tool (slim jim). What offense has occurred.

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4 August, 20:55

A person is walking through an apartment complex parking lot looking into vehicles at 3am in the morning. When contacted by police, he is wearing rubber gloves and holding a car entry tool (slim jim). What offense has occurred.

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Cecelia Griffith · Answer 1

- Possession of Criminal Instrument.

Explanation:

As per the given description, the offense that has been demonstrated here would be categorized under 'possession of Criminal instrument' as the car entry tool exemplifies the instrument that could assist him to commit a crime. A person caught or witnessed possessing such instruments is accused for a criminal offense under ORC (Ohio Revised Code, 2923.24) and result in six months of imprisonment or penalty of $1000 for first-demeanor and it is further increased if one's accused for the second time or many times. Thus, the person would be charged under 'possession of criminal tools' offense.