Following the July 2024 murder of Sonya Massey by Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, Sheriff Paula Crouch said moving forward she would be employing more-thorough background checks for ...

Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson has been found guilty of the 2024 murder of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 about a possible prowler at her home. Following the closing ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — “Say her Name,” was the empathic mantra of more than 30 people who gathered outside the Becker Building on Wednesday to denounce the second-degree murder verdict for Sean Grayson ...

A jury found former Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey. Massey's father expressed frustration following the verdict finding ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Sean Grayson, the former Sheriff’s deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey, is now asking for evidence to be admitted in his court case that he and his lawyers say backs up ...

PEORIA, Ill. — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a ...

A jury in Peoria, Illinois, found former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder, this past Wednesday, for the fatal police shooting of mother of two and 36-year-old, Sonya ...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Illinois Times and was republished with permission. Former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson’s lawyers say he ...

PEORIA, Illinois — A jury found 31‑year‑old former deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second‑degree murder for the shooting death of 36‑year‑old Sonya Massey, who was unarmed when he entered her ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The killing of Sonya Massey in her home by an Illinois sheriff's deputy was pursued by prosecutors as a first-degree murder case with a possible life prison sentence. Then the ...