Illinois sheriff quits after admitting to stalking and threatening undocumented woman

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Illinois sheriff quits after admitting to stalking and threatening undocumented woman
By Reuters
Thursday, September 11, 2014 19:25 EDT
By Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A western Illinois county sheriff pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted official misconduct and agreed to resign for attempting to cyber stalk an undocumented immigrant woman, officials said on Thursday.

Rock Island County Sheriff Jeffrey Boyd, 48, resigned as part of his plea agreement and withdrew his re-election candidacy in the November election, according to a statement from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

He also forfeited his sheriff’s pension, and is forbidden from contacting the woman, who is from Mexico.

Boyd, who has been with the sheriff’s office for 24 years, allegedly used his position to intimidate and threaten the woman, who he met at a Rock Island gym, Madigan’s office said.