CHICAGO –A Chicago jury heard opening statements Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza. He is accused of bribing longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan with a do-nothing contract for the speaker’s political ally in exchange for moving legislation in Springfield. Prosecutors argued AT&T was able to rid itself…
Updated Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. A Champaign DJ with ties to live music and education programs around the city has been arrested for selling child pornography. In a press release on Tuesday, the Illinois State Police said it arrested Dante Joseph Scott, 28, for multiple child pornography charges. Officers then searched his home in Champaign….
NEWTON COUNTY, Ind. — A Newton County Sheriff’s Deputy will not survive after being shot in the line of duty earlier this month. Corporal Brandon Schreiber was shot by a suspect on September 1 while assisting the Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois during a police chase that ended in Sheldon, according to Illinois…
Michael Egan retired as a sergeant from the Springfield Police Department last week.
Sean Grayson had a history of credibility issues. It didn’t stop him from being hired at police departments in Central Illinois.
The newly formed Massey Commission will host its first listening session this month. The commission, which includes officials and members of the public, was created in response to the killing of Sonya Massey this summer. The first session will be to understand the public’s hopes and concerns before finalizing the final mission and goals. Massey…
Cpl. Brandon Schreiber is recovering at a hospital in Urbana.
Law aimed at helping people experiencing crisis was originally set to go live in 2022 An Illinois law intended to help people with mental illness avoid confrontations with police had been on the books for three years when Sonya Massey was shot by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy. The Community Emergency Services and Supports Act,…
This story was originally published by Invisible Institute, IPM Newsroom and Illinois Times The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office hired now former deputy Sean Grayson despite his history of policing at five other police departments in 3 years, serious misconduct in the military and integrity issues at former jobs. Experts say this combination of issues should…
Sean Grayson, the former sheriff’s deputy facing murder charges for killing Sonya Massey in Sangamon County, Illinois, left a previous agency after complaints were filed against him for claims of inappropriate conduct with a female detainee and retaliation against her boyfriend after she filed a complaint. Invisible Institute, Illinois Public Media and the Investigative Reporting…
The fired sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, who is white, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct charges in Massey’s killing. He was fired last week by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated with additional reporting about Grayson’s claims to have been discharged honorably and the circumstances of his hire at the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office. Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, was previously discharged from the U.S. Army for serious misconduct, military records…
Sangamon County deputy who fired the fatal shot worked for 6 central Illinois departments.
Grayson has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct. He is being held in the Sangamon County Jail without bond.
Sonya Massey was killed at her home in Springfield after Grayson and another Sangamon County deputy responded to her 911 call early July 6.