Trio accused in crowbar beating

URBANA – Three Champaign men were charged Friday with aggravated battery for attacking a man with a crowbar in Champaign late Thursday night.

Entering pleas of innocent were Munther Abdeljawad, 21, of the 600 block of Delmar Drive; and Brandon Bradley, 18, and Andrew Lannery, 22, both of the 1000 block of North McKinley Avenue.

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