Steven Spearie (sspearie@sj-r.com)
A 16-year-old was formally charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder in adult court in the shooting death of a 17-year-old in Grandview.
Nazsier T. Robinson, also faces an attempted first-degree murder charge and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.
Sangamon County State s Attorney Dan Wright said first-degree murder cases are automatically transferred to adult court.
If convicted on all charges, Robinson could face up to life in prison, Wright said.
The shooting took place in the 2200 block of East Enterprise Avenue around 2 p.m. Thursday.
Robinson was found behind a nearby house and taken into custody by authorities.
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Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office DIRT team executed a narcotics search warrant in the 2000 block of S. 11th St., Springfield. The target of the warrant was the home of Frederick J. Snapp, 24 y/o. DIRT watched as Snapp left the residence and got into a cab. They stopped the cab and searched Snapp. He was in possession of approximately 50 grams of suspected Methamphetamine.
Snapp was taken into custody and transported to the Sangamon County Jail. He is charged with two counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine and one count of Possession of Methamphetamine.
Ten Men Arrested, Charged with Attempted Enticement of a Child to Engage in Sexual Activity
U.S. Department of Justice
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- U.S. Attorney John Milhiser and FBI Springfield Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox announced that 10 men were arrested in September in Springfield, Ill., and charged in separate criminal complaints with attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. The complaints were unsealed on August 31, throughout the day, as each made their respective initial appearance in federal court in Springfield, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Schanzle-Haskins via video teleconference. Each was ordered detained pending hearings scheduled for later this week.