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Crosetti Brand found guilty of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins
After a weeks-long, often disorderly trial, jurors deliberated for just an hour and 20 minutes before finding Brand guilty of ...
Closing arguments to begin in murder trial of Crosetti Brand, accused of stabbing pregnant woman and killing her son
Brand, 39, is charged with 17 counts, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, home ...
Trial of Crosetti Brand on 11-year-old boy's murder headed to jury
Brand is accused of going to his pregnant ex-girlfriend Laterria Smith's apartment in the Edgewater neighborhood in March ...
Afternoon Briefing: Closing arguments underway in Crosetti Brand trial
Members of the City Council’s Latino Caucus are calling for an investigation into how Chicago police responded to Wednesday’s ...
Jury finds man guilty of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as the boy protected his mother
In a tense courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, prosecutors began their closing arguments to the jury in the ...
Crosetti Brand convicted of stabbing ex-girlfriend, killing her son
Brand was convicted of going to his pregnant ex-girlfriend Laterria Smith's apartment in the Edgewater neighborhood in March ...
Crosetti Brand found guilty on all counts in Edgewater stabbing death of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins
A jury reached a guilty verdict for Crosetti Brand after deliberations began Thursday. He was accused killing 11-year-old ...
Guilty verdict in trial of man accused of fatally stabbing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins
Crosetti Brand is on trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, and faces 17 charges, ...
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Crosetti Brand found guilty of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins
A jury has found Crosetti Brand guilty of stabbing his ex-partner and killing her 11-year-old son. At 4-foot-2 and 99 pounds, 11-year-old Jayden Perkins fought bravely to protect his mother from ...