A Belleville-area man charged in a double homicide in Cahokia Heights told police he bought crack cocaine from one of the victims but denied killing anyone, according to information revealed in court Friday.
Shawn L. Williams, 54, was ordered by a judge Friday to remain in jail on two counts of murder. Williams is charged in the shooting deaths of Bruce A. Mason, 67, of Maryville, and Laniya Joyce White, 44, of Cahokia Heights, authorities said.
Williams was previously convicted of second-degree murder in Michigan in the 1990s and pleaded guilty to domestic battery in St. Clair County in January, according to information disclosed during his hearing…