Plaintiff:
Chris Muczynski
Incident date:
01/11/2008
Location:
3132 N. Harlem Ave.
Allegations:
In January 2008, someone sprayed mace at three people near the intersection of West Belmont Avenue and North Harlem Avenue. A sergeant with the Melrose Park Police Department informed Officers Lieblick and Loquercio and Detective Wronkowski that Muczynski was the perpetrator of the mace attack, even though he knew this was false. The Chicago officers also knew this was false, but they intimidated and coerced the three individuals who were maced to fabricate statements against Muczynski. Because of these statements, the officers arrested Muczynski and charged him with three counts of battery. The charges were later dismissed after the three witnesses asked the court to withdraw the charges.