Illinois Compiled Statutes

720 ILCS 5/12-6.2 (2026)

Aggravated intimidation

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(720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
    Sec. 12-6.2. Aggravated intimidation.
    (a) A person commits aggravated intimidation when he or she commits intimidation and:
        (1) the person committed the offense in furtherance
    
of the activities of an organized gang or because of the person's membership in or allegiance to an organized gang; or
        (2) the offense is committed with the intent to
    
prevent any person from becoming a community policing volunteer; or
        (3) the following conditions are met:
            (A) the person knew that the victim was a peace
        
officer, a correctional institution employee, a fireman, a community policing volunteer, or a civilian reporting information regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement agency; and
            (B) the offense was committed:
                (i) while the victim was engaged in the
            
execution of his or her official duties; or
                (ii) to prevent the victim from performing
            
his or her official duties;
                (iii) in retaliation for the victim's
            
performance of his or her official duties;
                (iv) by reason of any person's activity as a
            
community policing volunteer; or
                (v) because the person reported information
            
regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement agency.
    (b) Sentence. Aggravated intimidation as defined in paragraph (a)(1) is a Class 1 felony. Aggravated intimidation as defined in paragraph (a)(2) or (a)(3) is a Class 2 felony for which the offender may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor more than 14 years.
    (c) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-162, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1997–1997 · leading case: City of Chicago v. Morales, 687 N.E.2d 53 (Ill. 1997).
City of Chicago v. Morales, 687 N.E.2d 53 (Ill. 1997). “However, the city cannot empower the police to sweep undesirable persons from the public streets through vague and arbitrary criminal ordinances.”
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