Abbate Sentencing Date Set

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 3, 2009 2:20PM

In case you somehow missed it yesterday, now-suspended Chicago Police officer Anthony Abbate was found guilty of aggravated assault in the brutal February 2007 attack on bartender Karolina Obrycka. Abbate originally faced 15 charges but he was acquitted on two and the rest were dropped before the end of the trial. Judge John J. Fleming dismissed Abbate's claim of self-defense, saying the 115-pound Obrycka's attempts to push 250-pound Abbate out from behind the bar "did not justify [Abbate's] actions afterward, which were completely out of proportion." Abbate is scheduled to be sentenced on June 23 when he could face up to five years in prison for the attack. [Chicago Breaking News, WBBM]