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Aggravated Assault General Information

An assault occurs when an individual knowingly engages in conduct that places another individual in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.

• As explained in 720 ILCS 5/12-2, an assault can rise to the level of an Aggravated Assault when:
• The Assault is committed on an individual who is on a public road or property, a public place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, a place of worship; or
• The victims fall under a specially protected class, such as a person with a physical disability or over the age of 60 years old, a teacher or school employee on school grounds, a park district employee on park district grounds, a community officer, a peace officer, fireman, emergency medical personnel, or employee of the State of Illinois; or
• The Assault is committed while utilizing a deadly weapon or a motor vehicle. Airsoft rifles and BB guns, though perhaps not as deadly as their counterparts, when brandished for intimidation would fall within the statute; and finally
• If the individual committing the assault does so while knowingly videotaping, or audio recording, the encounter to publish it.