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  • IL: Man charged for failing to aid officer

    08/19/2005 6:06:40 AM PDT · by NuclearDruid · 82 replies · 2,059+ views
    St. Louis Post Dispatch ^ | 8/17/2005 | Leah Thorsen
    "It's not what Peter Skinner did, but rather what he didn't do, that landed him in jail. Skinner saw, but did not help, a Wood River police officer subdue a teen suspected of stealing a car. And that is why Skinner, 41, is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 26 to face a misdemeanor charge of refusing to aid an officer. "Why I'm involved as anything but a witness is beyond me," he said Wednesday in an interview in his apartment in Wood River." "Illinois law states that a person must help an officer who asks for help 'apprehending a...