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A prison assault took his life; three charged in aftermath soon facing trial
Darren Iozia, darren.iozia@myjournalcourier.com
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MOUNT STERLING A date has been set for the jury trial of three former Western Illinois Correctional Center corrections officers facing federal charges stemming from a 2018 assault that resulted in a prisoner’s death.
Former corrections officers Todd Sheffler of Mendon, Willie Hedden of Mount Sterling and Alex Banta of Quincy will go on trial April 6. They will appear at a status hearing online March 9, according to Sharon Paul, public information officer for the U.S Attorney’s Office Central Illinois District.
Trial of Former Correctional Officers Delayed Until April
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The trial of Alex Banta of Quincy, Todd Sheffler of Mendon and Willie Hedden of Mt. Sterling was to have begun Tuesday, but has now been postponed until April 6th.
The three face charges in connection with the death of Larry Earvin, an inmate at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling.
Banta, Sheffler and Hedden are alleged to have assaulted Earvin May 17th, 2018, during an escort to a segregated prison unit.
Earvin died of his injuries a month later.
The three were indicted in December of 2019 on charges of conspiracy, deprivation of civil rights, obstruction, falsifying a document and misleading conduct.
Deleted text at issue as correctional officers trial in prisoner assault nears
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The three former correction officers facing federal charges in connection with the death of Larry Earvin (pictured) at a Mount Sterling prison in 2018 still do not have a trial date.File photo
MOUNT STERLING A deleted text was at the center of a Jan. 6 hearing involving three former correctional officers who are facing federal charges in a May 17, 2018, assault that led to the death of 65-year-old prisoner Larry Earvin at Western Illinois Correctional Center.
Former correctional officers Todd Sheffler, Willie Hedden and Alex Banta are facing charges. Sheffler was a lieutenant and Hedden and Banta’s supervisor.
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