Bail boosted for Riley Drive triple murder suspect

Posted on October 19, 2018
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Sydney Mays has been transported to the McLean County Jail from Milwaukee to appear on charges he murdered three Bloomington men and tried to kill a four year old boy at a Riley Drive apartment building in June. (Bloomington Police Department)

 

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – A McLean County judge raised the bond Friday for accused triple murderer Sydney Mays.

The Bloomington man went before the judge using a video link, which was his first court appearance since Bloomington Police returned him Thursday from Milwaukee where he faced drug charges.

Mays, 25, was being held on $7 million bond for allegedly shooting to death three men and critically wounding a young boy June 18 in an apartment at 311 Riley Drive.

Court records revealed police found 18 bullet casings where Juan Perez-Macedo, 33, Nathaniel Pena, and Corey Jackson, both 22, were shot to death. A four-year old boy was gravely injured.

However, Associate Judge Sarah Duffy raised the bail another $25,000 for a probation violation. At the time of the shootings, Mays had been on probation in a 2016 burglary case.

Judge Duffy appointed a public defender to represent Mays. He’s scheduled to appear in court again November 2.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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