Man is charged with failing to aid officer

The St.Louis Dispatch has some information for all of you who live in the state of Illinois:help the police or you could be charged with a crime.

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.

The intrusive state needs your help.