Charges Filed in Logan Square Beating

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 21, 2011 1:40PM

Brian DeLeon

Charges have been filed against a member of the Maniac Latin Disciples in the savage beating of 14-year-old Brian DeLeon in Logan Square last week.

19-year-old Esteban Miranda was charged with attempted murder and armed robbery; Miranda allegedly stole DeLeon's cell phone after the beating. A source close to the investigation told the Tribune Miranda was implicated in the crime by members of his own gang, who tried to get him to stop beating DeLeon.

Miranda and two other Maniac Latin Disciples members were supposedly cruising around looking to beat up a member of the Spanish Cobras and found DeLeon in the wrong place at the wrong time. Miranda also allegedly left a voicemail for DeLeon's girlfriend Dayana Vazquez, who tried to call DeLeon when she didn't hear from him, that said "YLo Cobra Killa' Bitch."

DeLeon remains in a coma from the beating.

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