SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - An employee of the Illinois Department of Human Services, McFarland Mental Health facility located in Springfield has been indicted on charges including criminal sexual abuse.
An Illinois State Police Division of Internal Investigation investigation led to the arrest of Thomas Bernardoni.
Bernardoni has been charged with official misconduct, harassment of a witness, criminal sexual abuse, and unlawful restraint.
On June 4. 2019, ISP was requested by MMH staff to investigate a possible battery to one of the facility's residents.
Following the investigation, grand jury indictments for Bernardoni were secured on Aug. 12, 2020.
Bernardoni, 29, of Peoria, was taken into custody on Aug. 26 around 4 p.m. by the Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force. He is at the Peoria County Jail awaiting extradition to Sangamon County.
Bond is set at $100,000.
