Aiding an unauthorized departure

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-116 — under Obstructing Governmental Operations.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-116

(a) A person commits the offense of aiding an unauthorized departure if, not being an inmate in a youth services program, a youth services facility, or the Arkansas State Hospital, he or she knowingly aids another person in making or attempting to make an unauthorized departure from a juvenile detention facility, a youth services program, or the Arkansas State Hospital.

(b) (1) Aiding an unauthorized departure is a Class C felony if the person aiding an unauthorized departure uses physical force or uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon.(2) Otherwise, aiding an unauthorized departure is a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) Aiding an unauthorized departure is a Class C felony if the person aiding an unauthorized departure uses physical force or uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon.

(2) Otherwise, aiding an unauthorized departure is a Class A misdemeanor.