Sec. 2905.05. (A) No person, by any means and without | 6 |
privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or
lure | 7 |
any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the
person in | 8 |
any manner, including entering into any
vehicle as defined in | 9 |
section 4501.01 of the Revised Codeor onto any vessel,
whether or | 10 |
not the offender
knows the age of the child, if both
of the | 11 |
following apply: | 12 |
(2) The actor is not a law enforcement officer, medic, | 16 |
firefighter, or other person who regularly provides emergency | 17 |
services, and is not an employee or agent of, or a volunteer | 18 |
acting under the direction of, any board of education, or the | 19 |
actor is any of such persons, but, at the time the actor | 20 |
undertakes the activity, the actor is not acting within the scope | 21 |
of
the actor's lawful duties in that capacity. | 22 |
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal
child | 28 |
enticement, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the
offender | 29 |
previously has been convicted of a violation
of this
section, | 30 |
section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.12 of the
Revised Code,
or | 31 |
section 2905.01 or 2907.05 of the
Revised Code when the victim
of | 32 |
that prior offense was under
seventeen years of age at the time
of | 33 |
the offense, criminal child
enticement is a felony of the fifth | 34 |
degree. | 35 |