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 61-year-old Galesburg man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Daniel Villareal Jr. was sentenced this week to a nine-year prison term, followed by three years of supervised release. At the sentencing hearing in front of United States District Judge James E. Shadid, the government presented evidence that Villarreal previously had received multiple deliveries of methamphetamine and had distributed that methamphetamine in and around Galesburg. On the date Villarreal was arrested, police located approximately 13 pounds of methamphetamine in his apartment. Villarreal pleaded guilty to the charge in October 2022 and has been in custody since his arrest in January 2022. The Galesburg Police Department; Knox County Sheriff's Office; Macomb Police Department; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield Field Office, investigated this case, with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Mehochko
EAST ST. LOUIS In a U.S. District courtroom on Wednesday, a judge sentenced a man formerly from Edwardsville to 14 months in prison, a $50,000 fine, and
Special agent in charge of the FBI Springfield Field Office David Nanz said the scams have become more common due to dating apps and the accessibility of the internet and social media platforms.