re: So a fake twitter account will get your home raided now.

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Mr mayor got tbutthurt.

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Think?

PEORIA — Not long after learning about the parody Twitter account @Peoriamayor, the city’s real mayor, Jim Ardis, told police he wanted to find out who was publishing sometimes vulgar messages there, according to a search warrant filed Thursday.

The warrant, filed in Peoria County Circuit Court, details a two- to three-week process whereby Peoria police tracked down the location of the Internet address used for the account as well as the identity of the person who paid for the Web access.


Police were informed of the account by Ardis on March 12. The tweets implied “Mayor Ardis utilizes illegal drugs, associates with prostitutes and utilized offensive inappropriate language,” according to an affidavit filed for the warrant.

He reported it to the police and said he didn’t authorize anyone to “create the account using his personal photograph or information from his elected office.”

“Additionally, he wished to pursue the incident,” the affidavit said


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