Here's something that most folks don't know. At least in my State, the only real difference between a sworn Police Officer and a 'civilian' is that the Officer can make an arrest for a misdemeanor.
So I suppose if one had evidence of 'Felony Identity Theft', which is a crime in IL, then one could make the arrest.
Some jurisidictions are decidedly unfriendly to those making Citizens Arrests.
Chicago springs to mind...
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As usual, Lurker — an excellent answer. Thanks!
> The powers of Citizens Arrest, at least in my State, apply only to State laws which reach the Felony level meaning the offense is punishable by more than one year in prison.
I keep forgetting about that Federal law / State law thing. Here we don’t have that, nor do we have a distinction between “felony” and “misdemeanor”.
The “authorities” here frown on “Citizen’s Arrests” too — but our laws are quite clear: Sections 35-49 of the Crimes Act 1961 deal with Arrest and Use of Force, and long may it be thus!