Slawomir Plewa, who was stripped of his duties in the 25th District last month, plotted with 48-year-old Bogdan Mazur to search the woman’s Toyota

Slawomir Plewa, who was stripped of his duties in the 25th District last month, plotted with 48-year-old Bogdan Mazur to search the woman’s Toyota Highlander after Mazur and another uncharged defendant planted a blue steel pistol, 44.5 grams of cocaine and six plastic bags of cannabis in the vehicle’s spare tire, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Lynn McCarthy said at the men’s bond hearing today.Mazur had met with Plewa, 30, and other officers to let them know about the drugs before the April 1, 2007, arrest, but Mazur also had phone contact with Plewa, prosecutors said. Mazur had called his wife in front of the officers, told her he had car problems and asked to meet at a parking garage at Belmont and Central so she could pick up their two children. Once she arrived, Plewa stopped her and asked if he and other officers could search her vehicle, ultimately arresting her when he spotted the weapon and illegal drugs, McCarthy said.Plewa later gave false testimony before a grand jury and at the Mazur’s wife’s bench trial, according to prosecutors. She was found not guilty.Mazur admitted to authorities he was tiring of his wife’s spending habits and parenting style and had planned to have her arrested after meeting Plewa through a mutual friend, McCarthy said. Mazur had planned on splitting his corporation with the uncharged co-defendant, who was to help Mazur with his immigration problems once his wife was locked up, McCarthy said.Mazur was charged with conspiracy to commit possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver; conspiracy to commit possession of cannabis with intent to deliver; conspiracy to commit aggravated unlawful use of a weapon as well as obstructing justice and false reporting.Plewa was charged with official misconduct, perjury, obstructing justice, unlawful restraint and false reporting.
Circuit Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. ordered Mazur, a Polish citizen here illegally, and Plewa, a Poland-born U.S. citizen, to surrender their passports before setting a $250,000 bail. Plewa also ordered Plewa not to have any firearms, which automatically places him on no-pay status with the Police Department — a ruling which concerned Plewa’s attorney Dan Herbert.Herbert said Plewa, a seven-year police veteran who works in the narcotics and gang intelligence unit, did nothing wrong when he arrested Mazur’s wife. Mazur was one of Plewa’s confidential informants, and the two men never had a social relationship, according to Herbert, a Fraternal Order of Police lawyer.Mazur, Herbert said, was simply acting on a tip.