Grady Blue was done being told to shut up and take the deal. In accepting a plea offer earlier this year, Blue III admitted gunning down 23-year-old Naquan Ellis as he was stood with a group of people outside of the North 25 housing complex in June 2014. He was being sentenced Friday to 12 …
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Talk about a downward departure. The plea deal went from 25 years with cooperation for a man charged with murder to a dozen years – without any explanation from prosecutors. Grady Blue III, 23, jumped at the plea deal Friday in Mercer County criminal court. In doing so, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge …
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A city man accused of fatally shooting Naquan Ellis must decide whether cooperating with the state in an unrelated case is worth getting five years shaved off his sentence as part of a plea package presented by prosecutors Monday. Grady Blue III, 22, was indicted in February on counts of murder, aggravated assault and weapons …
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A city man has been indicted in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Naquan Ellis. Grady A. Blue III, 22, was indicted last week on charges of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and related weapons offenses in connection with a June 2014 shooting that killed Ellis and injured a woman. The shooting took place …
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Police have identified a man who was found Wednesday shot and killed in an alley, and they also arrested a city man in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Naquan Ellis. Around 7 a.m. Wednesday, police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in an alley in the 400 block of Cuyler Avenue. The victim …
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