Illinois Prison Guard Pleads Guilty for Role in Beating Inmate to Death
Willie Hedden is one of three guards at the Western Illinois Correctional Center charged in the May 2018 assault of Larry Earvin, who was handcuffed at the time.
Larry Earvin, in an undated photo, was an inmate at the Western Illinois Correctional Center. A forensic pathologist ruled his death a homicide as a result of blunt-force trauma.Credit.Illinois Department of Corrections, via Associated Press
March 9, 2021
A state prison guard in Illinois pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of federal civil rights violations and one count of conspiracy to engage in misleading conduct in the 2018 beating death of an inmate who had been handcuffed, prosecutors said.
A state prison guard on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal felony charges related to the 2018 beating death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center.
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Larry Earvin, a former inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt Sterling, Ill. A state prison guard on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, pleaded guilty to federal felony charges related to the unprovoked 2018 beating death of Earvin. Willie Hedden, of Mount Sterling, entered the plea to two counts of civil rights violations and one of providing misleading information in the subsequent investigation of the May 17, 2018 injuries sustained Earvin. (Illinois Department of Corrections via AP File) March 09, 2021 - 3:24 PM
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A state prison guard on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal felony charges related to the 2018 beating death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center.