Judge James Brown set the bail for Verdell Parker, 21, of the 7600 block of South Paulina Street, during today’s noontime bond hearing in Cook County Criminal Court.
Police said Parker was charged with felony aggravated battery to a government employee and violation of probation for the beating of a 17-year-old boy at Fosco Park public pool at 1312 S. Racine Ave. on Thursday afternoon.
Prosecutors said Parker was one of a large group of males who began acting disorderly and disobeying pool rules.
Two lifeguards and a lifeguard supervisor repeatedly asked them to leave because they were breaking the rules, but when they finally exited the pool, someone yelled: “Rush the guards!’’.
One of the males in the group grabbed the victim and tried to throw him into the pool but he resisted and the two struggled and fell to the ground.
When the two got up, a group of nine or 10 males including Parker and two or three others surrounded the victim and pummeled him with their fists multiples times causing him to suffer a broken nose, two loose teeth, a bloody swollen lacerated lip, and multiple bruises to the face.
The supervisor was able to grab the victim and pull him into the lifeguard office and lock the door. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and released a few hours after he was treated.
The suspects fled and were gone by the time police got there, but the victim and witnesses gave their descriptions to police.
Parker was seen minutes after the incident and police arrested him as 5:20 p.m.
Parker was identified in a physical lineup by the victim, the other lifeguard and their supervisor,
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