The former Sangamon County sheriff – who refused calls for his resignation after Sonya Massey’s 2024 murder, then abruptly retired, citing stress on his family and the sheriff’s office – recently ...

The president of the union that represents deputies in the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office pleaded with a judge to be lenient in sentencing former deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey.

In January 2026, the former sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 20 years in prison Macon County Jail via AP,File; Facebook Sean Grayson is a former sheriff's deputy who shot and killed Sonya Massey in ...

The former Sangamon Country Sheriff’s deputy has now been given the maximum sentence for the death of Sonya Massey back in 2024. Back in July 2024, the 36-year-old Massey was shot and killed at her ...

Supporters of Sonya Massey's family said the judge made "the right ruling." Massey family members are still pushing for Sonya Massey Act to go national. James Wilburn, the father of Sonya Massey, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office says former deputy Sean Grayson is now in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in ...

A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Sean ...

Sean Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder on Oct. 29, 2025, for shooting and killing Massey in 2024 Macon County Jail via AP,File; Facebook Sonya Massey was shot and killed in 2024 when she ...

A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black women who dialed 911 asking for help.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ‒ The former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy convicted of fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black mother of two children, in her home in 2024 was sentenced to 20 years in ...