Man pleads guilty in homeless beating death

Posted on August 7, 2015

*19 year old Willie Chambers is pleading guilty to the murder. (Courtesy McLean County Jail)*

By Terry James

BLOOINGTON – One of the three men accused in the beating death of a homeless man in Bloomington is pleading guilty.

19 year old Willie Chambers accepted made the plea Friday for the June 2014 act. 56 year old Ronald Smith died about a month later from several blows to the stomach while lying in O’Neil Park. The state is dropping robbery and aggravated battery charges in exchange for the guilty plea.

Two other Bloomington men, 19 year old Anthony Davis-Dickson and 20 year old Tory Washington are still facing murder charges.

Terry James can be reached at [email protected].

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