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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…

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Case against two prison guards from Western Illinois Correctional Center now in jury's hands

April 22, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugene Miller said the case against two prison guards at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mount Sterling comes down to two facts. “They beat him up,” he said during closing arguments Friday afternoon in the U.S. District Courthouse in the Paul Findley Federal Building. “Then they lied to…

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