Two of three former Illinois correctional officers charged in the brutal beating of a man in their custody will now serve time behind bars for his death
A judge denied the motion for summary judgment from an Ohio insurance company that refused to pay out after a former HSHS executive allegedly defrauded the system out of millions.
Willie Hedden, 43, a former sergeant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday to six years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, according to a news release. Hedden was sentenced for civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily injury and death and obstruction of justice […]
A second Illinois corrections officer has been sentenced to prison, according to a news release. Todd Sheffler. 54, a former lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, was sentenced Tuesday to an aggregate 20 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily […]
A former Illinois state corrections officer was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of a prison inmate in May 2018.