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Trial Begins For Derrion Albert Murder Suspect
UPDATED 12/07/10 11:08 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The brutal murder of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert shocked Chicago and the entire country last year. Now, opening statements have begun in Cook...
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Emotional Day In Court At Derrion Albert Murder Suspect Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) – They watched in shocked silence. Some even cried. On Tuesday, jurors in the trial of a teenage boy were shown the videotaped beating that ended 16-year-old Derrion Albert’s life. CBS...
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Trial May Wrap For Derrion Albert Murder Suspect
UPDATED 12/08/10 11:11 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The first trial in the murder of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert could wrap up as early as later Wednesday. When the Fenger High School student was...
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Boy Convicted In Derrion Albert Murder Trial
UPDATED 12/8/10 – 6:07 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A 15-year-old boy has been convicted of murder charges in Juvenile Court in the beating death of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert. Jurors...
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Fenger Student’s Killer Pleads Guilty, Sentenced To 32 Years
CHICAGO (CBS) — The parolee charged in the 2010 shooting death of a Fenger High School student outside a convenience store pleaded guilty Thursday to a murder charge and could be locked up for the rest...
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Suspect On Trial In Derrion Albert Beating Death
CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the five young men charged with murdering Fenger High School honors student Derrion Albert is on trial Friday. Silvonus Shannon, 20, is accused of taking part in the mob beating...
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Defendant In Derrion Albert Case Takes The Stand
Updated 1/11/11 – 4:21 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS/AP) — One of five young men charged with beating honor student Derrion Albert to death in September 2009 testified Tuesday that he was only defending himself...
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Maximum Sentence For Juvenile In Derrion Albert Case
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 15-year-old boy convicted in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert was sentenced to a juvenile detention center until he turns 21, the maximum sentence for a...
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Teen Gets 26 Years In Derrion Albert’s Beating Death
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 17-year-old boy is going to prison for 26 years, after admitting to participating in the brutal beating that killed honor student Derrion Albert back in 2009. Eric Carson, 17, had...
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Defense Wants New Trial For Derrion Albert Defendant
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man found guilty last month in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert was not sentenced on Monday as planned, after his defense filed a motion for a new trial....
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Sentencing Delayed In Derrion Albert Attack
UPDATED 03/15/11 11:03 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A man’s sentencing was postponed to next week for his part in the brutal beating of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert. Silvonus Shannon, 20,...
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Defense Wants New Trial For Derrion Albert Murder Convict
CHICAGO (CBS) — A new twist has emerged in the case of Silvonus Shannon, one of the men convicted in the beating death of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert. Shannon’s attorneys revealed...
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Man Gets 32 Years In Derrion Albert Beating Death
Updated 03/24/11 – 4:45 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the young men convicted in the beating death of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Thursday....
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Defense Attorney Says Derrion Albert Was Aggressor In Fatal School Fight
CHICAGO (STMW) — Eugene Riley told detectives he was only trying to protect his younger brother when he swung a wooden board at Derrion Albert outside of Fenger High School. “I had to protect my...
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Fourth Person Guilty In Beating Death Of Derrion Albert
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Cook County jury Tuesday found a South Side man guilty of murder for striking Fenger honors student Derrion Albert with a wooden board in a violently, frenzied melee that was captured...
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Fifth Trial Starts In Videotaped Beating Death Outside Fenger High
CHICAGO (STMW) — The first time Lapoleon Colbert was questioned about his involvement in a fracas near Fenger High School that left a 16-year-old dead, he denied being part of the swarm of fighting...
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Last Derrion Albert Beating Defendant Found Guilty
CHICAGO (WBBM/CBS) — The last of the trials related to the brutal and deadly beating of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert is over. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s David Roe reports, five people...
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32 Years In Prison For Another Convict In Derrion Albert Murder
CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the final two defendants in the murder of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. Eugene Riley, 20, was convicted in May of...
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32 Years For Last Derrion Albert Killer
UPDATED 08/29/11 5:07 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The last of five killers of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Monday. Lapoleon Colbert, 20, asked for...
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CPS Suspends 2 Coaches Accused Of Driving Teens To Fight
UPDATED 10/04/11 6:36 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Two Fenger High School coaches have been suspended as officials investigate whether they drove a group of students to the home of a peer who was attacked by...
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