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Ex-Cop Who Killed Sonya Massey Over Boiling Water Found Guilty of Murder
Sonya Massey
Former Deputy Guilty of Murder …
Shot Woman Who Called 911
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Sonya Massey‘s killer has officially been found guilty of her murder … a little more than a year after he shot and killed her.
Sean Grayson — a former sheriff’s deputy in Illinois — was just found guilty of second-degree murder after a trial that lasted a little more than a week. The jury began deliberations Tuesday morning and returned the verdict Wednesday afternoon.
Remember … Grayson was arrested in July 2024 after he killed Massey, who had called 911 in the first place about a possible prowler. Horrific body cam footage came out in the aftermath of the shooting … which showed the conversation take a deadly turn after Massey turned off a burner on her stove and brought a pot of boiling water over to the sink.
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With another deputy looking on, Grayson loses his cool and tells her repeatedly to drop the pot … before stepping around the counter and shooting her. The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office later fired Grayson — who claimed he feared Massey meant to throw the boiling water at him.
Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump — who represented Sonya’s family — told us he and Sonya’s father, James Wilburn, weren’t buying Grayson’s excuse after the body cam footage was released. The family has since secured a $10 million civil settlement connected to her death.
YNW Melly
Witness Tampering Charges Dropped
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YNW Melly just scored a huge legal win … because prosecutors in Florida dropped witness tampering charges against him on the cusp of his trial.
The “Murder On My Mind” rapper was set to stand trial on the state charges … jury selection was set to begin Wednesday … but now he can turn his attention to his double-murder trial.
Melly’s attorney’s Drew Findling and Carey Haughwout tell TMZ … “On behalf of Jamell Demons, we welcome the dismissal of the alleged tampering and gang related charges in court this morning. As his newly retained legal team, it became immediately apparent to us that no crimes had occurred. Unfortunately, for 652 days while these charges were pending, the State did not reach the same conclusion until the cusp of trial.”
Unclear why the charges were dropped … prosecutors had alleged Melly was colluding with is co-defendant Cortlen Henry and another inmate to prevent Melly’s ex from testifying in the double-murder case.
With the tampering charges off the table, Melly’s attorneys tell us they now try to free him from a Broward County, Florida jail pending his double-murder trial.
7/11/19
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Melly is accused of murdering two of his childhood friends in an October 2018 drive-by shooting … he stood trial in 2023, but jurors were deadlocked, and it ended in a mistrial.
Melly’s double-murder retrial is set for January 2027 … and the stakes are high … ’cause he could face the death penalty if convicted.
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