{"id":290473,"date":"2026-09-20T20:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T20:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/290473\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T20:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T20:58:30","slug":"erie-man-sentenced-to-18-40-years-in-prison-for-2024-beating-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/290473\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie man sentenced to 18-40 years in prison for 2024 beating homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(WJET\/WFXP)&#8211; The Erie man convicted in June of being at the center murder of a 2024 murder will spend at least the next 18 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie County District Attorney&#8217;s Office announced Friday that 39-year-old Jeffery Edmond was sentenced to 18-40 years for the murder of Ledomperignon Eady in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:One of four charged in 2024 fatal beating found guilty of homicide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/one-of-four-charged-in-2024-fatal-beating-found-guilty-of-homicide\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0One of four charged in 2024 fatal beating found guilty of homicide\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Edmond was convicted after a trial of third-degree murder, with prosecutors saying that he was seen on video chasing Eady down and attacking him almost single-handedly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eady was found severely beaten the night of October 30, 2024, in the 1000 block of East 26th Street and was pronounced dead later that evening. The Erie County Coroner&#8217;s Office later determined he died from blunt-force trauma to the head and neck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Warren County home care neglect death case moves forward;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/warren-county-home-care-neglect-death-case-moves-forward\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Warren County home care neglect death case moves forward\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Three others, 63-year-old Jack Defilippo, 44-year-old Devon Barnett and 38-year-old Leah Hardin, were also charged in the wake of the deadly attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Defilippo pleaded guilty to two counts of simple assault and reckless endangerment\u00a0and was sentenced to 11 and a half to 22 months in prison due to his cooperation that led to Edmond&#8217;s conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Barnett and Hardin still have their cases pending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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