• WGN-Chicago
A Chicago police officer avoided jail time today for pummeling a woman
who was tending bar, even though prosecutors produced a previously
unseen video showing him beating someone else at the bar hours earlier.
Anthony Abbate was sentenced to two years probation for beating
Karolina Obrycka in February of 2007. He could have gotten up to five
years for the attack, which was captured by the bar's security camera and shown around the world.