Eugene Miller

Retrial of Mendon man ends with guilty verdict in 2018 beating death of inmate; life in prison possible at January sentencing

August 24, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A jury of six women and six men deliberated for about three hours on Tuesday afternoon before finding a former lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mount Sterling guilty on five counts in connection with the 2018 death of a 65-year-old inmate. Todd Sheffler, 54, of Mendon was stoic as…