Bridgewater Man Found Guilty in Brockton Stabbing

From the Plymouth County District Attorney's office:

BROCKTON, MA — A jury has convicted a Bridgewater man in the fatal stabbing of Brockton man, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced Monday.

A Plymouth County jury deliberated two and a half days before finding Alfred Giannini, 40, of Bridgewater, guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Jeffrey Cicerano. Giannini was also found guilty of breaking and entering in the daytime, larceny from a building, larceny of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, and failing to stop for police. Brockton Superior Court Judge Robert C. Cosgrove scheduled sentencing for
November 16.

At trial, the jury heard from witnesses who said that they met Cicerano and Giannini at 11 a.m. on Aug. 21, 2013 at 117 Bellevue Ave. Giannini appeared panicked and pacing with a large knife in his hand and one witness testified that Cicerano was sitting in a chair when Giannini approached him from the left side and stabbed Cicerano in the chest. Giannini left, then returned by breaking a first floor window at the apartment, and later fled the scene. A witness dialed 911 and Brockton Police and Fire personnel responded and found Cicerano on the floor suffering from apparent stab wounds. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced dead at approximately 12:45 p.m.

Giannini fled the scene on foot and broke into a nearby relative’s residence in Brockton, where he stole clothing and a motor vehicle. Police later tracked the vehicle to Abington where Giannini engaged police in a motor vehicle pursuit. Giannini crashed the stolen vehicle in an industrial site in Abington and then fled into a wooded area, where officers from the Massachusetts State Police, Brockton Police, Abington Police and Holbrook Police converged to locate him. After a threatening confrontation with police, Giannini was shot by an officer. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.

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