Overview

• On Aug. 12, 2025, Judge Stanley Sacks imposed consecutive sentences totaling 22 years on former Chicago Public Schools dean Brian Crowder for sexually abusing a student.
• A jury last month convicted Crowder on four felony counts and acquitted him on three of the seven charges after deliberating on evidence including Snapchat messages and signed consent forms.
• Prosecutors detailed that Crowder groomed the student from ages 15 to 17 by messaging her on Snapchat, serving alcohol during in-person meetings and signing abortion consent forms after two pregnancies.
• The victim first told a school employee about the relationship during her senior year but did not report it to police until Crowder re-established contact in 2019 and she filed a complaint in 2024.
• A pending civil lawsuit accuses Chicago Public Schools of failing to protect the student and notes that multiple district employees submitted character references defending Crowder at sentencing.