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Crossley to enter guilty plea

The young man who killed Port Coquitlam's Jesse Penner is due to plead guilty next month to several theft-related charges in B.C. Provincial Court in Richmond.
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Gord Penner stands with a photo of his son, Jesse Penner.

The young man who killed Port Coquitlam's Jesse Penner is due to plead guilty next month to several theft-related charges in B.C. Provincial Court in Richmond.

In April, Crossley was arrested in Richmond and charged with four counts of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and identity theft. Less than a week later, he was also charged with two counts of vehicle theft and possession of stolen property under $5,000 in New Westminster and another vehicle theft in Coquitlam. He's also facing aggravated assault and assault with a weapon charges in Surrey.

Crossley completed his full six-year sentence for Penner's murder in December 2012, having failed in his bid for an early release after serving two-thirds of his sentence, and was then sentenced to two more years for prison assaults on an inmate and corrections officer.

Crossley has court appearances scheduled for Aug. 5 in New Westminster, Aug. 18 in Richmond and in March 2016 in Surrey.