(The Center Square) – The acting assistant director for the Illinois Department of Corrections is being pressed about a paroled inmate who faces new allegations of murdering a child and stabbing a pregnant woman that day after his release.
Alyssa Williams-Schafer was appointed to the job at IDOC late last month. Thursday, her appointment to the $170,000 a year position was in front of the Senate Executive Appointments Committee.
State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, asked where the agency failed in reporting the whereabouts of Crosetti Brand, who last month was released and a day later allegedly killed an 11-year-old and stabbed a pregnant woman.
“According to CBS2, the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office notified the Department of Corrections that a judicial hearing was about to be held about an emergency protection order against an inmate, Crosetti Brand, who had been sent back to prison for violating the terms of his
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