My question involves criminal law for the state of: Illinois
OK, here is the issue.
In June 2009 I spent two days on the cardiology floor of a hospital. The staff were all really great. One nurse really stood out. She may have prevented me from having a heart attack. And when it came time to leave she gave me some good advice which may have saved me from having to pay $9,000 out of my pocket. So she was a really fine person.
I was so impressed with her that when I got home I wrote her a thank you letter, and sent a copy to the Hospital President. In February 2010, I sent her a birthday card. In April, I sent her a congratulatory E-mail when she celebrated a major life event. In June I sent her and her husband an E-mail asking how everything in their life was going, and wished them a good summer.
So far everything sounds great. Then along comes yesterday. I got a telephone call from the police department in the city where this nurse lives. She complained that my “excessive contacts” rose to the level of harassment and stalking. She asked that I have no further contact with her. I almost dropped on the floor. 4 contacts (one letter, one birthday card, and two E-mails) in 14 months is excessive contacts? Not to mention that all 4 of them were very nice.
I was tempted to tell the police officer that I would be happy to print out the letter and the two E-mails and bring them to the police station to decide for himself if I had stepped out of line. But I decided against this. If somebody wants me to pretend like they don’t exist I’m OK with that. So I promised the police officer that I would have no further contact with the lady or any of her family members. And I intend to keep that promise. I’ve been a law abiding citizen for 60 years, and I don’t plan on changing that now.
Here are my questions. Would I be violating my “no contact” promise if I sent a letter to the Hospital President, who I’ve gotten to know fairly well, telling him about this incident? Not sure what he can do since this was something that his employee did on her own time. More to the point, would I be violating my “no contact” promise if I were to “end run” that promise by causing a contact through the hospital president, who is her boss?
Also what steps can I take to protect myself from having this bogus charge on my police record?
Thanks!

