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Charges Filed In HIV Transmission Case
By kmov.com
Published: 03/04/2011

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (KMOV) -- St. Clair County's State Attorney Brendan Kelly announced Thursday a charge of Criminal Transmission of HIV has been filed against Zachary Forest.

Police say Forest, 36, of East St. Louis, knowingly spread the virus to a 22-year-old woman.

A warrant for Forest’s arrest was signed by Honorable Judge Jan V. Fiss, and bond for the suspect was set at $700,000. Forest is still at large.

Criminal Transmission of HIV is a class 2 felony and carries a sentencing range of between three and seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. It is also carries up to four years of probation or conditional discharge.

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