25-to-life prison sentence for defendant in brutal murder and beating

August 7, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — An East Williamsburg man has been sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison for a brutal axe attack in which he hacked his girlfriend multiple times, leaving her in critical condition, and fatally struck her pregnant friend. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun presided at the sentencing of Jerry Brown, 39, who was convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault on June 18, following a bench trial, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Evidence presented during the trial showed that, during the April 2019 attack, Brown attacked his 21-year-old girlfriend and her friend Savannah Rivera, 20, with an axe inside his girlfriend’s apartment in the Bushwick Houses on Flushing Avenue near Humboldt Street. He then fatally struck Rivera, hitting her repeatedly, and hacked his girlfriend multiple times. After the defendant left the apartment, the surviving victim made her way outside, approached an Uber car that was at a traffic light and the driver called 911. The defendant surrendered to police at the 90th Precinct later that afternoon.

The surviving victim subsequently underwent multiple surgeries while being treated for a fractured skull that has left her suffering from seizures, as well as broken ribs, collapsed lungs and multiple stab wounds.

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