The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging misconduct arising from criminal matters

On September 3, 2021, Kane County Judge Julia Yetter issued an emergency order of protection on behalf of E.T. against Respondent. The matter was captioned People of the State of Illinois v. Whitt and docketed in the circuit court of Kane County as case number 2021OP808. The emergency order of protection ordered Respondent to refrain from contacting E.T. “in anyway directly, indirectly or through third parties, including, but not limited to, phone, written notes, mail, email, or fax.” On September 4, 2021, Respondent was served with the emergency order of protection.

On September 6, 2021, Respondent sent multiple text messages to E.T. Respondent’s text messages included nonsensical statements, pictures, and YouTube video links.

Respondent pled guilty to violating the protection order and was sentenced to probation.

An unrelated matter

In February 2022, Respondent sent text messages and emails to an individual with the initials S.W. In those messages and emails, Respondent stated “I’ve got friends with some wicked IT skills, there [sic] all, over the country” and “You are going to need to get some help very, very soon unless you want to go to jail…”

Respondent pled guilty to electronic harassment

On the same day, the Judge Yetter accepted Respondent’s guilty plea and sentenced him in case number 2021CM533 and two other cases concurrently to 24 months of conditional probation.

Finally

On April 12, 2023, Respondent sent an email to an individual with the initials J.W. in which he stated that the students at West Aurora School District 129 (“The District”) would be in danger if his demand to close the school on the next day was not met.

Later the same day, Respondent sent an email to J.C., an employee of The District, and law enforcement in which he threatened bodily harm to J.C. if law enforcement did not arrest J.C.

Respondent pled guilty to attempted disorderly conduct

On the same day, Judge Yetter accepted Respondent’s guilty plea and sentenced him concurrently in case number 2023CF753 and two other cases to 24 months of conditional probation.

(Mike Frisch)