Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Orders of Protection
Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of violating order of protection, stalking, and aggravated stalking. Evidence showed that Defendant created a fictitious Facebook account in the name of friend of ex-wife of Defendant, downloaded pictures of her and her family, and obtained mail addressed to her, which constituted monitoring, under the constitutional portion of the aggravated stalking statute. Court reasonably found that Defendant knew or should have known that this conduct would cause a reasonable person to suffer other emotional distress.(HUDSON and McLAREN, concurring.)