A convicted felon has been charged with stabbing an 11-year-old boy and seriously injuring his pregnant mother in a home invasion attack. in chicago on Wednesday, a day after the suspect was released on parole from prison, police said.
Crosetti Brand, 37, is charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the vicious attack in the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue in Edgewater, about nine miles north of downtown Chicago. He has been charged with numerous crimes, including.
Police said Bland stabbed Jaden Perkins, who was trying to help his mother, who was also stabbed to death. The knife wound severed his main artery and the boy died of blood loss. Perkins’ 5-year-old brother witnessed the attack on his family but was unharmed.
Convicted felon Crosetti Brando was charged Wednesday with stabbing an 11-year-old boy to death and seriously injuring his pregnant mother in a home invasion attack in Chicago. (Chicago Police Department)
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Police said the video showed Bland running from the scene with the knife used in the attack.
“An innocent child’s life was taken far too soon while trying to protect her mother,” said Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. fox 32 chicago. “Her mother was attacked in her home, the safest place for her.”
Police said the mother, identified as Lateria Smith on the Family Support Fund page, was getting her sons ready for school around 8 a.m. when Brand broke into her home and attacked her. The woman was able to lock herself in her bedroom, and Bland kicked in the door and left, prosecutors said.
He has a lengthy criminal record for domestic violence and violating protection orders.
Police said Bland, who dated his mother more than 15 years ago, was serving a 16-year sentence for burglary and aggravated assault when he was released on parole in October and placed on electronic monitoring. .
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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While on parole, Bland threatened the victim through text messages and showed up at her home, even though the victim was under a lifetime protection order.
He was sent back to prison in February for a parole violation and was released from Statesville Correctional Center on electronic monitoring on Tuesday after serving about seven years, police said. It is unclear why he was sent off early again.
He was arrested several hours after the stabbing2.
“Dealing with the trauma of being brutally attacked and stabbed multiple times, [the mother] She has to face the fact that she will never be able to see, touch, or hold her 11-year-old son. She has lost him forever,” said Chicago Police Lt. Larry Snelling.
In 2015, Brand attacked the same woman just four days after they ended their relationship, Fox 32 reported, citing court records.
A wake for Perkins was held Thursday.
Chicago police officer. On Wednesday, a convicted felon in Chicago fatally stabbed a boy who came to the aid of his mother, who was being attacked by a boy with a knife. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images))
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The Family Support Fund deemed Perkins an honor student with a bright future.
“Jaden was an extraordinary young man who was respected by his peers and respected by his teachers,” the fundraiser states.
“He excelled academically, earning straight A’s and consistently being on the honor roll. He was also very involved in extracurricular activities, participating in cross country, football, and art. Jayden has a passion for performance and theater and starred in several school plays, including ‘Finding Nemo’ at Perth Primary School. ”
