Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

False personation of a teacher

I am a principal at a high school. A student created a website for a specific teacher without their permission and made some inappropriate comments The student has received discipline at school. However, the parents are concerned about the possibility of the teacher pressing criminal charges against their juvenile son even though she currently says that she will not do that. False personation of a public employee is a Class B Misdemeanor in Illinois. Is there a statute of limitations for filing this type of charge? Please help! Thank you.


Asked on 11/01/06, 3:22 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Zedrick Braden III Ainsworth & Associates PC

Re: False personation of a teacher

Hello. The student is a juvenile, assuming he/she is under the age of 17. Clearly this would be a juvenile court matter if the teacher

decides to go the the State's Attorney. The

State's Attorney's office in all probabilty

will want to see a police report on the incident.

If the teacher has not filed a report within

30 days of the incident, a police department

may be lessly likely to file one on the teacher's

behalf. The issue of whether there is a statute

of limitations here does not really apply since

the student is a minor. In other words, if the

teacher does not press charges now, she cannot

wait until he/she is of age and then try to

have him/her prosecuted as an adult. Will be

happy to answer any additional questions that you

might have. I hope my response has been helpful.

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Answered on 11/02/06, 6:57 am


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