Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, 31, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for ...

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 ...

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 ...

An interim city manager is filling in for California City’s now vacant city manager position. Christopher Lopez, the former ...

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 ...

The attorneys representing Sean Grayson, the former Sheriff's deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey, are asking that their client receive a new trial based on what they said are several errors made ...

The former sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her Illinois home while responding to her call for help has held six different police jobs since 2020, the Illinois Law Enforcement ...

PEORIA, Ill.(AP) — A jury was seated Monday in the murder trial of an Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey, a Black woman shot in her home last year after calling police for ...

The sheriff for Illinois' Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, which employed the former deputy charged with fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 to report a prowler, will be ...

Newly released police body camera footage shows Sonya Massey interacting with police officers 16 hours before she was fatally shot in her Illinois home on July 6, when deputies responded to her 911 ...

Sean Grayson of the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, at her home in Woodside Township on July 6, 2024. Grayson Sean Grayson of the Sangamon County ...

Lawyers for a former Illinois sheriff's deputy convicted of murder want a new trial. Sean Grayson is scheduled to be sentenced next month.