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Posted: 12/25/2011 6:14:15 PM EDT
Ok folks, I don't usually do this but I need some advice.
Background: My 24 year old daughter is getting divorced, and moved back in with the wife and I. Recently she got "involved" with someone that I warned her not to go near. Gang banger, 4 kids by 3 different mothers, arrest warrants, gang tat's on the neck, etc. Problem: She wised up and broke it off with him but he refuses to take no for an answer. Tells her "She belonges to him".Constantly harassing and threatening her via text messages. Phone number has been changed twice, he keeps finding out what the number is. (phone number issue has been resolved) She has gone to the Elgin PD and basically been told '....too bad, we can't help until he does something...'. I find that hard to believe in this day and age. I am looking for advice here, not a recommendation that I strap up and hunt him down. |
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Unless you know a LEO personally that will have a "talk" with him, your only option is to take care of business yourself. As a father of a 19 yo daughter & having friends in several different agencies, I would still take care of it myself. The gang banger doesn't give a fuck about what any LEO will tell him, you can make a much better impression yourself if you do it right.
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As a starting point, she needs to make it absolutely clear that she does not want to be involved with him if she hasn't already. Then have her keep a journal recording every time he has had contact with her and what was the was said/done. This will build your case that he is harassing her.
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As a starting point, she needs to make it absolutely clear that she does not want to be involved with him if she hasn't already. Then have her keep a journal recording every time he has had contact with her and what was the was said/done. This will build your case that he is harassing her. This. Plus, have her take the journal to Elgin PD and request a report for harrassment. She can take that report to State's Attorney's office and request an order of protection. IF a judge grants her an OP, whenever the shit head contacts her again, he will be locked up. Don't expect any great amount of jail time since the system has been flooded by girls that get an OP then decide to go back to their shit head b/f's. I know it is not your daughter's case, so the more organized she has her facts, the better it will look for her. She does need to call the PD every single time that this retard violates the OP, judges also hate when their orders are not followed. Also, if he has prior convictions of any domestic violence, it will help on your daughter's case. Good luck and IM me with any questions. |
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Call the courthouse and see if they have a legal aid service. My home county has one, and one of the things they do is help women fill out the paperwork to get an order of protection. If you can get that in place the police are going deal with the problem if he violates the order.
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Restraining order that has included no contact via text messages or phone calls. After that, pretty much all she can do is move on and hope he trips up and violates the restraining order. Have her video tape any encounters and have a voice recorder handy for any phone calls (obviously, she needs him to be on speaker phone). She needs to start the process now, so long as she has the text messages they will be enough to file.
Just keep an eye on her, and I would strongly suggest CCWing inside your house when home just in case. Gang members have been pretty brazen lately in Elgin. |
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Restraining order that has included no contact via text messages or phone calls. After that, pretty much all she can do is move on and hope he trips up and violates the restraining order. Have her video tape any encounters and have a voice recorder handy for any phone calls (obviously, she needs him to be on speaker phone). She needs to start the process now, so long as she has the text messages they will be enough to file. Just keep an eye on her, and I would strongly suggest CCWing inside your house when home just in case. Gang members have been pretty brazen lately in Elgin. It is generally illegal in Illinois to record someone's voice without their permission. It is actually a felony. Probably not the best thing for amatuer lawyers to be suggesting over the Internet. There is an exception, but I don't know that this case would actually fit the exception, being as an OP is a civil and not a criminal matter. |
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Restraining order that has included no contact via text messages or phone calls. After that, pretty much all she can do is move on and hope he trips up and violates the restraining order. Have her video tape any encounters and have a voice recorder handy for any phone calls (obviously, she needs him to be on speaker phone). She needs to start the process now, so long as she has the text messages they will be enough to file. Just keep an eye on her, and I would strongly suggest CCWing inside your house when home just in case. Gang members have been pretty brazen lately in Elgin. It is generally illegal in Illinois to record someone's voice without their permission. It is actually a felony. Probably not the best thing for amatuer lawyers to be suggesting over the Internet. There is an exception, but I don't know that this case would actually fit the exception, being as an OP is a civil and not a criminal matter. Beginning of convo: "This call is being recorded." If they don't agree, hang up and let them text message. You can video tape in public, just not in bathrooms, tanning salons, locker rooms, changing rooms, or hotel bedrooms. |
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Restraining order that has included no contact via text messages or phone calls. After that, pretty much all she can do is move on and hope he trips up and violates the restraining order. Have her video tape any encounters and have a voice recorder handy for any phone calls (obviously, she needs him to be on speaker phone). She needs to start the process now, so long as she has the text messages they will be enough to file. Just keep an eye on her, and I would strongly suggest CCWing inside your house when home just in case. Gang members have been pretty brazen lately in Elgin. It is generally illegal in Illinois to record someone's voice without their permission. It is actually a felony. Probably not the best thing for amatuer lawyers to be suggesting over the Internet. There is an exception, but I don't know that this case would actually fit the exception, being as an OP is a civil and not a criminal matter. Beginning of convo: "This call is being recorded." You can video tape in public, just not in bathrooms, tanning salons, locker rooms, changing rooms, or hotel bedrooms. You can videotape someone in public as long as you are not recording their voice. The voice recording is what is illegal, not the video. So if you turn off the microphone on the video camera, it is not illegal w/o permission. The law uses the phrase "with the consent of all of the parties to such conversation". It does not say anything about making an announcement at the beggining of the call being recorded. It also says this "Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony". |
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As of 2 days ago shithead has been put in his place and on notice that I will shoot on sight if he so much as sets foot in my home. Have not heard anything from him since. Doors are always locked and yes, I ALWAYS have a weapon with in reach. Thanks for all the advice, Happy Friggin New Year!! FM |
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civil order of protection. I'm not 100% sure if the court still issues them. you don't need a police report. Something to check into
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civil order of protection. I'm not 100% sure if the court still issues them. you don't need a police report. Something to check into They still do lol. My sister in law just had one filed against my brother. Prevents him from speaking to her in any negative manner in person, voice, or text at her. |
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UPDATE: As of 2 days ago shithead has been put in his place and on notice that I will shoot on sight if he so much as sets foot in my home. Have not heard anything from him since. Doors are always locked and yes, I ALWAYS have a weapon with in reach. Thanks for all the advice, Happy Friggin New Year!! FM Key to any of this is proper documentation. Tell her to keep record of any phone call, text, personal contact....anything. Bring it straight to Elgin PD and demand a harrassment report/arrest. If that does'nt work PM me. I have a few friends there that will take it. |
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"Shoot on sight" ....hmmm. I would be careful saying that. Can someone tell if that constitutes premeditation? Remember, this is Illinois, not Texas.
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"Shoot on sight" ....hmmm. I would be careful saying that. Can someone tell if that constitutes premeditation? Remember, this is Illinois, not Texas. I would delete that if I were you and you have a notion to follow through with your promise. *cough* premeditation *cough* Oh and in before the "I just shot my daughters ex" thread. just kidding |
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LEO here she can get a stalking/no contact order. Make a report and go speak with the State's Attorney.
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Ok, shitbag back.
Officer at the desk at the Elgin PD told her today again "we cant help, and will not take a report on it." and refused to pass her on to anyone else. Any of you guys in the EPD feel free to hit me up by email [email protected] and I will fill in the blanks. Give me your number and we can set up a time for you to come to the house and we can discuss. Did I mention her leg is bruised from the hip to the knee? She tells me he did that to. FM |
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Why has she not filed for an order of protection yet???? Can you please answer this? The police do not do OP's that happens at the courthouse. If she is a victim of domestic abuse Elgin PD needs to be taking reports.
If the desk officer is unwilling to help go over his head. Get a hold of a DV Detective or Patrol Supervisor. What is the reason they are giving for refusing to take reports? Also try going straight to the States Attorneys office for help. They should have victims advocates who can help. <––- LEO (not Elgin) |
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Why has she not filed for an order of protection yet???? Can you please answer this? The police do not do OP's that happens at the courthouse. If she is a victim of domestic abuse Elgin PD needs to be taking reports. If the desk officer is unwilling to help go over his head. Get a hold of a DV Detective or Patrol Supervisor. What is the reason they are giving for refusing to take reports? Also try going straight to the States Attorneys office for help. They should have victims advocates who can help. <––- LEO (not Elgin) Actually started it online today, Thanks for the link, I overlooked it earlier. She is documenting all the phone calls and text messages now so we can finish the petition. |
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Ok, shitbag back. Officer at the desk at the Elgin PD told her today again "we cant help, and will not take a report on it." and refused to pass her on to anyone else. Any of you guys in the EPD feel free to hit me up by email [email protected] and I will fill in the blanks. Give me your number and we can set up a time for you to come to the house and we can discuss. Did I mention her leg is bruised from the hip to the knee? She tells me he did that to. FM Call your Illinois Congressman and Senator, tell them your daughter is being harassed and has even been physically assaulted, that she is getting threats in phone calls and text and that the Elgin PD refuse to do anything about it or get involved even though they have been asked several times to intervene. Your reps should be able to put a lot of pressure on them. |
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Ok, shitbag back. Officer at the desk at the Elgin PD told her today again "we cant help, and will not take a report on it." and refused to pass her on to anyone else. FM No offense to Dawg, but politicos take time. Bypass the cops. Take a list of dates & times and go to your local State's Attorney office for your District/County and ask the procedure for filing complaints directly with them. I'd also call the IL Attorney General, either about the charges or the EPD's lack of willingness to offer any sort of assistance. They should of at least given you a contact in the SA's office. The law from http://www.esia.net/State_Stalking_Laws.htm: 720 ILCS 5/12-7.3 (2000)
[Prior to 1/1/93 cited as: Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch. 38, para. 12-7.3] § 720 ILCS 5/12-7.3. Stalking Sec. 12-7.3. Stalking. (a) A person commits stalking when he or she, knowingly and without lawful justification, on at least 2 separate occasions follows another person or places the person under surveillance or any combination thereof and: (1) at any time transmits a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint and the threat is directed towards that person or a family member of that person; or (2) places that person in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint; or (3) places that person in reasonable apprehension that a family member will receive immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint. (b) Sentence. Stalking is a Class 4 felony. A second or subsequent conviction for stalking is a Class 3 felony. (b-5) The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who transmits a threat is not a bar to prosecution under this Section. (c) Exemption. This Section does not apply to picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute, or any exercise of the right of free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. (d) For the purpose of this Section, a defendant "places a person under surveillance" by remaining present outside the person's school, place of employment, vehicle, other place occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence of the defendant. (e) For the purpose of this Section, "follows another person" means (i) to move in relative proximity to a person as that person moves from place to place or (ii) to remain in relative proximity to a person who is stationary or whose movements are confined to a small area. "Follows another person" does not include a following within the residence of the defendant. (f) For the purposes of this Section and Section 12-7.4 [720 ILCS 5/12-7.4], "bona fide labor dispute" means any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements. (g) For the purposes of this Section, "transmits a threat" means a verbal or written threat or a threat implied by a pattern of conduct or a combination of verbal or written statements or conduct. (h) For the purposes of this Section, "family member" means a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or child, whether by whole blood, half-blood, or adoption and includes a step-grandparent, step-parent, step-brother, step-sister or step-child. "Family member" also means any other person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the prior 6 months, regularly resided in the household. Legislative Update: HB 4981, enacted on August 22, 2002, expands the stalking victims from subsequent repeat stalking incidents by the same offender. Under the provisions of the new law, a person who was previously convicted of stalking commits a new stalking offense when he or she knowingly and without lawful justifications stalks the same victim again on another single occasion. Got a call BRB From the SIU self-help center: http://www.law.siu.edu/selfhelp/info/protective/orderofprotecsup.pdf Sorry - can't link from work, but it's a "how to" with the forms she'll need. You can compare the above with this actual law from the IL General Assembly website (ILCS): (720 ILCS 5/12‑7.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12‑7.3)
(Text of Section from P.A. 96‑1551) Sec. 12‑7.3. Stalking. (a) A person commits stalking when he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, and he or she knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person to: (1) fear for his or her safety or the safety of a third person; or (2) suffer other emotional distress. (a‑3) A person commits stalking when he or she, knowingly and without lawful justification, on at least 2 separate occasions follows another person or places the person under surveillance or any combination thereof and: (1) at any time transmits a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint and the threat is directed towards that person or a family member of that person; or (2) places that person in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint to or of that person or a family member of that person. (a‑5) A person commits stalking when he or she has previously been convicted of stalking another person and knowingly and without lawful justification on one occasion: (1) follows that same person or places that same person under surveillance; and (2) transmits a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint to that person or a family member of that person. (b) Sentence. Stalking is a Class 4 felony; a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 3 felony. (c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: (1) "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts, including but not limited to acts in which a defendant directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, a person, engages in other non‑consensual contact, or interferes with or damages a person's property or pet. A course of conduct may include contact via electronic communications. (2) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric, or photo‑optical system. "Electronic communication" includes transmissions by a computer through the Internet to another computer. (3) "Emotional distress" means significant mental suffering, anxiety or alarm. (4) "Family member" means a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or child, whether by whole blood, half‑blood, or adoption and includes a step‑grandparent, step‑parent, step‑brother, step‑sister or step‑child. "Family member" also means any other person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the prior 6 months, regularly resided in the household. (5) "Follows another person" means (i) to move in relative proximity to a person as that person moves from place to place or (ii) to remain in relative proximity to a person who is stationary or whose movements are confined to a small area. "Follows another person" does not include a following within the residence of the defendant. (6) "Non‑consensual contact" means any contact with the victim that is initiated or continued without the victim's consent, including but not limited to being in the physical presence of the victim; appearing within the sight of the victim; approaching or confronting the victim in a public place or on private property; appearing at the workplace or residence of the victim; entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim; or placing an object on, or delivering an object to, property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim. (7) "Places a person under surveillance" means: (1) remaining present outside the person's school, place of employment, vehicle, other place occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence of the defendant; or (2) placing an electronic tracking device on the person or the person's property. (8) "Reasonable person" means a person in the victim's situation. (9) "Transmits a threat" means a verbal or written threat or a threat implied by a pattern of conduct or a combination of verbal or written statements or conduct. (d) Exemptions. (1) This Section does not apply to any individual or organization (i) monitoring or attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements, or (ii) picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute, including any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements. (2) This Section does not apply to an exercise of the right to free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. (3) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section. (d‑5) The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who commits the course of conduct or transmits a threat is not a bar to prosecution under this Section. (Source: P.A. 95‑33, eff. 1‑1‑08; 96‑686, eff. 1‑1‑10; 96‑1551, eff. 7‑1‑11.) (Text of Section from P.A. 97‑311) Sec. 12‑7.3. Stalking. (a) A person commits stalking when he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, and he or she knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person to: (1) fear for his or her safety or the safety of a third person; or (2) suffer other emotional distress. (a‑3) A person commits stalking when he or she, knowingly and without lawful justification, on at least 2 separate occasions follows another person or places the person under surveillance or any combination thereof and: (1) at any time transmits a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint and the threat is directed towards that person or a family member of that person; or (2) places that person in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint; or (3) places that person in reasonable apprehension that a family member will receive immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint. (a‑5) A person commits stalking when he or she has previously been convicted of stalking another person and knowingly and without lawful justification on one occasion: (1) follows that same person or places that same person under surveillance; and (2) transmits a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement or restraint; and (3) the threat is directed towards that person or a family member of that person. (b) Sentence. Stalking is a Class 4 felony. A second or subsequent conviction for stalking is a Class 3 felony. (c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: (1) "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts, including but not limited to acts in which a defendant directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, a person, engages in other non‑consensual contact, or interferes with or damages a person's property or pet. A course of conduct may include contact via electronic communications. (2) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric, or photo‑optical system. "Electronic communication" includes transmissions by a computer through the Internet to another computer. (3) "Emotional distress" means significant mental suffering, anxiety or alarm. (4) "Family member" means a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or child, whether by whole blood, half‑blood, or adoption and includes a step‑grandparent, step‑parent, step‑brother, step‑sister or step‑child. "Family member" also means any other person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the prior 6 months, regularly resided in the household. (5) "Follows another person" means (i) to move in relative proximity to a person as that person moves from place to place or (ii) to remain in relative proximity to a person who is stationary or whose movements are confined to a small area. "Follows another person" does not include a following within the residence of the defendant. (6) "Non‑consensual contact" means any contact with the victim that is initiated or continued without the victim's consent, including but not limited to being in the physical presence of the victim; appearing within the sight of the victim; approaching or confronting the victim in a public place or on private property; appearing at the workplace or residence of the victim; entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim; or placing an object on, or delivering an object to, property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim. (7) "Places a person under surveillance" means: (1) remaining present outside the person's school, place of employment, vehicle, other place occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence of the defendant; or (2) placing an electronic tracking device on the person or the person's property. (8) "Reasonable person" means a person in the victim's situation. (9) "Transmits a threat" means a verbal or written threat or a threat implied by a pattern of conduct or a combination of verbal or written statements or conduct. (d) Exemptions. (1) This Section does not apply to any individual or organization (i) monitoring or attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements, or (ii) picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute, including any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements. (2) This Section does not apply to an exercise of the right to free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. (3) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section. (d‑5) The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who commits the course of conduct or transmits a threat is not a bar to prosecution under this Section. (d‑10) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant. (Source: P.A. 96‑686, eff. 1‑1‑10; 97‑311, eff. 8‑11‑11.) (720 ILCS 5/12‑7.4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12‑7.4) (Text of Section from P.A. 97‑311) Sec. 12‑7.4. Aggravated stalking. (a) A person commits aggravated stalking when he or she, in conjunction with committing the offense of stalking, also does any of the following: (1) causes bodily harm to the victim; (2) confines or restrains the victim; or (3) violates a temporary restraining order, an order of protection, a stalking no contact order, a civil no contact order, or an injunction prohibiting the behavior described in subsection (b)(1) of Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. (b) Sentence. Aggravated stalking is a Class 3 felony. A second or subsequent conviction for aggravated stalking is a Class 2 felony. (c) Exemptions. (1) This Section does not apply to any individual or organization (i) monitoring or attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements, or (ii) picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute including any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the managing or maintenance of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements. (2) This Section does not apply to an exercise of the right of free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. (3) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section. (d) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant. (Source: P.A. 96‑686, eff. 1‑1‑10; 97‑311, eff. 8‑11‑11.) (Text of Section from P.A. 97‑468) Sec. 12‑7.4. Aggravated stalking. (a) A person commits aggravated stalking when he or she commits stalking and: (1) causes bodily harm to the victim; (2) confines or restrains the victim; or (3) violates a temporary restraining order, an order of protection, a stalking no contact order, a civil no contact order, or an injunction prohibiting the behavior described in subsection (b)(1) of Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. (a‑1) A person commits aggravated stalking when he or she is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act or has been previously required to register under that Act and commits the offense of stalking when the victim of the stalking is also the victim of the offense for which the sex offender is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act or a family member of the victim. (b) Sentence. Aggravated stalking is a Class 3 felony; a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 2 felony. (c) Exemptions. (1) This Section does not apply to any individual or organization (i) monitoring or attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements, or (ii) picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute including any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the managing or maintenance of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements. (2) This Section does not apply to an exercise of the right of free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. (3) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section. (Source: P.A. 96‑686, eff. 1‑1‑10; 96‑1551, eff. 7‑1‑11; 97‑468, eff. 1‑1‑12.) |
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Try going directly to the State's Attorney with your evidence. Persistance usually pays off. Also document your efforts contacting the police, state's attorney, etc and lack of response or positive responses. People who are elected to office get nervous when faced with documentation.
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Quite the BS by EPD if thats the case. Two choices.....go directly to a supervisor with all of your documentation, and then head straight to the SA's office if that doesnt work. PM if more details are needed.
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Move your daughter out of state and have her live with a relative you trust. Destroy any old credit cards and cell phones she owns and get her new ones in the new area where she will reside. If she communicates with Mr. Problem you know you are wasting your time. If you move her quietly out of state and she avoids contact, she will be in a place where she cannot be harmed. There is only so much that can be done by people who are bound to operate within the confines of the law. If you take her out of the equation and you have a problem with her ex-boyfriend, the police and State's Attorney will be more likely to take corrective action.
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Been getting the run around AH ? Take care of it in speacial way I'm sure you have a way of getting the message across and its no ones business but your own family .The less said the better. No more post and drop the subject.
Edit :Im not suggesting you take the law into your own hands stay within the boundries. Your too nice of a guy. |
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