Metro East Sun

State Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) slammed Governor J.B. Pritzker for supporting the early prison release of a man who stabbed an eleven year-old Chicago boy to death and critically wounded his mother.

Plummer made the comment Wednesday on X.

"Pritzker is crass spin mode over this horrific tragedy and facts matter.  So I am going to provide facts," Plummer said. "(Pritzker) is throwing people under the bus and calling for reforms. But my colleagues and I have been raising the alarm and warning of the dangers for years. His reckless handling of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board is a threat to Illinoisans."

Crosetti Brand | Mugshot

Plummer called Crosetti Brand, who murdered 11 year old Jayden Perkins, "a monster who should have never been on the streets" and "just one of the many violent criminals released by JB Pritzker's Prison Review Board."

Brand killed Perkins and stabbed his mother, Brand's ex-girlfriend, the day after Pritzker's Prison Review Board released him from Stateville Prison in Joliet.

Brand "forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's Edgewater apartment on March 13 as she was preparing to take her 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, and his 6-year-old brother to school, according to court documents. Brand repeatedly stabbed the ex-girlfriend (and) when Jayden tried to intervene and protect his mother, Brand stabbed him," police said.

Brand, 37, was convicted of home invasion, aggravated domestic battery, and possession of a stolen motor vehicle in 2017, after forcing his way into the apartment of a former girlfriend, beating her and threatening her 15 year-old son with a gun, then stealing her Kia Sedona.

On Monday, Pritzker announced the resignation of LeAnn Miller from the Prisoner Review Board, who he said conducted the hearing that resulted in Brand's parole. She was appointed as a member by Pritzker on Sept. 2, 2022.