Accused Killer Of Illinois Trooper No Stranger To Courtrooms, Jail Cells
By Cam Edwards
The man accused of murdering Illinois State Trooper Nick Hopkins in East St. Louis on Friday is well known to law enforcement in the area, with a lengthy criminal history that includes previous charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Grant’s criminal history in St. Clair County includes drug possession in Belleville in 2003 and 2005, being a felon in possession of a gun in 1996, obstructing justice in 1996 and resisting or obstructing a peace officer in Washington Park in 1995. One of the crimes is that Grant sold cocaine to an undercover agent near a school in Belleville in 2003. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison.
Hopkins was allegedly killed by Christopher R. Grant during the execution of a search warrant at a home in East St. Louis early Friday morning. Hopkins, a member of the Illinois State Police SWAT unit and a husband and father of three, was killed in an exchange of gunfire. He has the tragic distinction of being the first ISP SWAT member to die in the line of duty.
Grant, meanwhile, has been on the wrong side of the law on multiple occasions for more …Read the Rest
Source:: Bearing Arms
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