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A person commits the Class B municipal offense of false reporting to authorities, if:

A. He knowingly causes a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within an official or volunteer fire department, ambulance service, or any other government agency which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property; or

B. He knowingly makes a report or knowingly causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities of a crime or other incident within their official concern when he knows that it did not occur; or

C. He knowingly makes a report or knowingly causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities, pretending to furnish information relating to an offense or other incident within their official concern, when he knows that he has no such information or knows that the information is false. (Ord. 200 §1, 1982; Amended Ord. 472 §10, 2003)