Bloomington man gets 15 years for attempted murder

Posted on September 8, 2017

Levi Gray, 36, pleaded guilty to attempted murder stemming from a double stabbing in Bloomington in January. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stabbed two people earlier this year.

McLean County Judge Robert Freitag sentenced Levi Gray, 36, to 15 years in prison on Thursday.

Gray reached a plea agreement on attempted murder charges stemming from a confrontation at the Maple Grove Estates mobile home park in Bloomington in January.

Gray stabbed a female acquaintance and a friend of hers after he came to the man’s home saying he wanted to return some property to her. Police say they recovered a large knife from the scene and saw Gray’s minivan in the area.

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