By Jeremy Coumbes on March 16, 2021 at 5:23pm
A Pleasant Plains native arrested for official misconduct on the Springfield Police Department is now out on bond.
According to a report by WICS in Springfield, 26-year-old Taylor Staff of Springfield and a 2013 graduate of Pleasant Plains High School, was released from jail today.
Staff was arrested by the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation on charges of Class 3 Felony Official Misconduct, Class 1 Felony Criminal Sexual Assault, and Class 3 Felony Custodial Sexual Misconduct.
The charges stem from alleged incidents that occurred between January 2020 through July 2020 and involved 3 separate victims, with whom Staff had inappropriate contact while as a member of the Springfield Police Department.
A Springfield police officer charged with six counts of criminal sexual assault, custodial sexual misconduct and official misconduct made a brief appearance in Sangamon County court from the county jail via Zoom Thursday.
Associate Judge Jennifer Ascher read the six complaints filed against Taylor Staff, who was arrested Wednesday by Illinois State Police at his home.
Staff, a three-year veteran of the Springfield police, was denied a reduction of bond from $250,000 to $150,000. Staff has a preliminary hearing March 4.
Staff, who was represented at Thursday s hearing by Sangamon County assistant public defender Victoria Kerr, told the judge that he planned to retain his own attorney.