§ 130.070 ASSAULT.
   (A)   A person commits an assault when, without lawful authority, he or she engages in conduct which places another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful to commit an assault.
(Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch. 38, § 12-1) (1994 Code, § 27-4-1) Penalty, see § 130.999