COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis announced two arrests Tuesday in connection with the murder of a Lenzburg, Illinois, man on Sunday.
Dakota Winters, 24, and Caleb Smith, 20, both of Granite City have been charged in the death of 23-year-old Devin Judd.
Winters was charged with armed robbery, and Smith was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, armed robbery and unlawful possession of weapons by a felon. The murder charges are what is called alternative counts in Illinois. They will be combined into one murder charge as the investigation continues.
Bond for Winters was set at $200,000 and bond for Smith was set at $500,000.
According to the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, the Collinsville Police Department responded to the Hampton Inn in Collinsville after an employee called and said Judd had arrived at the hotel with a gunshot wound.
Officers arrived and transported Judd to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Sergeant Mark Kuechle of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said Judd, Winters and Smith had known each other, and had been together for most of the night leading up to the robbery.
"The charges ensure that Caleb Smith will be facing a sentence of lifetime in prison," First Assistant State’s Attorney for Madison County Crystal Uhe said in a press conference.
