Teen given life in murder over stolen PlayStation 3

The crime was shocking in its brutality: 19-year-old Daquan Crump was found dead at a Northeast Philadelphia construction site - shot 11 times in the head.

Why he was killed, it turned out, was petty and senseless. Malik Anderson, a childhood friend, was angry that Crump had kept $60 he owed Anderson from the sale of a stolen PlayStation 3 console.

A Common Pleas Court jury on Wednesday found Anderson, 19, guilty of first-degree murder, and Judge Steven R. Geroff sentenced him to life without parole.

Anderson and Crump had plotted to steal the PlayStation from a mutual friend and split the proceeds from its sale. Instead, Crump kept Anderson's share.

Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore told the jury that Anderson seethed for days after he found out he had been played for a fool.

On Aug. 19 of last year, Anderson lured Crump, who had ended a shift at a local Wendy's restaurant, to the construction site in the 10000 block of Northeast Avenue in Bustleton. He then shot Crump in the back of the head and 10 more times in the face.

Police found the murder weapon, a .22-caliber pistol, hidden inside an Eggo waffles box in the freezer at Anderson's home.

Anderson confessed to homicide detectives, then pleaded not guilty.

His lawyer, A. Charles Peruto Jr., argued that Anderson was framed by friends who planted the gun at his house and that he confessed only after 30 hours of interrogation without food or sleep.

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