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 ...
Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder in the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, a Black mother of two who had called 911 about a possible prowler.
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 suspected prowler.
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 ...