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.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Sean Grayson will not see any reduction in the length of his prison sentence following a judge’s ruling on Friday. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is currently ...

Presiding Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin denied a defense motion to reconsider and/or reduce the murder sentence ...

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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 ...

Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after he was convicted in October 2025 of second-degree murder for the July 2024 fatal ...

PEORIA -- A former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy was convicted of second-degree murder for the July 6, 2024, fatal shooting of Sonya Massey inside of her home in an unincorporated area of Woodside ...

Sonya Massey’s family confronted Sean Grayson in court ahead of him receiving a 20-year sentence for her murder. Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder for ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Questions have been swirling about why now-fired Sangamon County, Illinois Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson—now charged with murder in the shooting that killed Sonya Massey earlier this ...