Bond Set For Officers In Jefferson Tap Beating
Bond has been set for three Chicago police officers accused of beating four men at the Jefferson Tap and Grill. Sgt. Jeffery Planey, 33, and Officers Paul Powers, 25, and Gregory Barnes, 39, were each charged with aggravated battery. Planey was also charged with obstruction of justice and official misconduct. Yesterday, Cook County Judge Raymond Myles set Planey's bond at $60,000, and Power's and Barnes' bond at $40,000. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for June 8, 2007.