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David Proeber / The Pantagraph (Pool) A judge found Sydney Mays guilty Wednesday of fatally wounding three men and critically injuring a child during a 2018 shooting in Bloomington. Mays had no reaction when Judge Casey Costigan delivered his decision that followed a six-day bench trial. The decision was delivered in a 45-minute ruling. The 24-year-old defendant was convicted of killing Nate Pena and Corey Jackson, both 22, and Juan Carlos Perez, 33, in what police contend was a drug-related robbery by Mays.  Prosecutors argued during the trial that Mays set his sights on robbing Pena a...

David Proeber / The Pantagraph (Pool) UPDATED 5:40 p.m. | “A lottery by robbery” was behind a 2018 shooting that killed three men and left a 4-year old boy paralyzed, a prosecutor said in closing remarks Monday in the triple homicide trial of Sydney Mays. Mays, 24, of Bloomington, is charged with murder in the deaths of Nate Pena and Corey Jackson, both 22, and Juan Carlos Perez, 33. He also faces attempted murder charges for causing injuries that left Pena’s young son paralyzed. Perez was shot in a stairwell after he came from a neighboring apartment to investigate the gunfire.  ...

David Proeber / The Pantagraph (Pool) The murder trial of Sydney Mays was put on hold Friday after his defense lawyer was taken to the hospital with an apparent nose bleed. Lawyer Michael Clancy was in the middle of cross examination of Bloomington police Sgt. Tim Power when he asked to leave the courtroom. When he returned, he sat at the defense table until paramedics arrived. After talking with medical responders, he walked out of the courtroom for his trip via ambulance to the hospital. Judge Casey Costigan said the bench trial will resume on Monday when final testimony and closing ar...