15 Sept 14 13:00 42-year-old Dallas Broz of Fairfield was arrested Sunday morning after he allegedly torched a Chevy Blazer that belonged to him and his girlfriend, 44-year-old Dawn M. Turner of 1206 Illinois Avenue. Police initially found the Blazer parked over a smoldering fire in the yard late Saturday night. After separating the couple from a domestic disturbance and moving the car, firemen were called back early Sunday morning to find the Blazer fully engulfed in flames. Broz faces charges of arson and reckless conduct. I had some questions about the statute on Arson due to this story and here are the ILCS statutes. (720 ILCS 5/Art. 20 heading) ARTICLE 20. ARSON (720 ILCS 5/20-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-1) Sec. 20-1. Arson; residential arson; place of worship arson. (a) A person commits arson when, by means of fire or explosive, he or she knowingly: (1) Damages any real property, or any personal property having a value of $150 or more, of another without his or her consent; or (2) With intent to defraud an insurer, damages any property or any personal property having a value of $150 or more. Property of another means a building or other property, whether real or personal, in which a person other than the offender has an interest which the offender has no authority to defeat or impair, even though the offender may also have an interest in the building or property. (b) A person commits residential arson when he or she, in the course of committing arson, knowingly damages, partially or totally, any building or structure that is the dwelling place of another. (b-5) A person commits place of worship arson when he or she, in the course of committing arson, knowingly damages, partially or totally, any place of worship. (c) Sentence. Arson is a Class 2 felony. Residential arson or place of worship arson is a Class 1 felony. (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-1.1) Sec. 20-1.1. Aggravated Arson. (a) A person commits aggravated arson when in the course of committing arson he or she knowingly damages, partially or totally, any building or structure, including any adjacent building or structure, including all or any part of a school building, house trailer, watercraft, motor vehicle, or railroad car, and (1) he knows or reasonably should know that one or more persons are present therein or (2) any person suffers great bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement as a result of the fire or explosion or (3) a fireman, policeman, or correctional officer who is present at the scene acting in the line of duty is injured as a result of the fire or explosion. For purposes of this Section, property of another means a building or other property, whether real or personal, in which a person other than the offender has an interest that the offender has no authority to defeat or impair, even though the offender may also have an interest in the building or property; and school building means any public or private preschool, elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university. (b) Sentence. Aggravated arson is a Class X felony. (Source: P.A. 93-335, eff. 7-24-03; 94-127, eff. 7-7-05; 94-393, eff. 8-1-05.)
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:02:57 +0000
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