Lancaster was off-duty at the time and was reportedly visiting his partner of 20 years, a math teacher, when he attacked JaQuwaun Williams, hitting him near the throat.
CHICAGO — A veteran Chicago police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony aggravated battery for striking an eighth grade boy earlier this year while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elementary school. Craig Lancaster, 55, was arraigned during a brief hearing before Cook County Judge Adrienne Davis at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. The judge barred the officer from .
A veteran Chicago police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony aggravated battery for striking an eighth grade boy earlier this year while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elementary school. Craig Lancaster, 55, was arraigned during a brief hearing before Cook County Judge Adrienne Davis at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. The judge barred the officer from contacting the .
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A Chicago police officer is under investigation for striking an eighth grade boy earlier this year as at least one school employee and the teen’s classmates looked on, the Tribune has learned. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office began looking into Officer Craig Lancaster’s off-duty conduct after a surveillance recording emerged showing him hitting a 14-year-old student near his throat as .