Niantic Correctional Facility Inmate Sentenced Additional 18 Months for Stabbing, Sexually Assaulting Cellmate

NIANTIC, CT - A Bristol woman serving a 15-year sentence at the Janet S. York Correctional Institution was sentenced to an additional 18 months Wednesday on a number of charges, The Day reported.

Savannah Sheppard, 29, pleaded guilty to unlawful restraint, stemming from charges that she sexually assaulted, stabbed and choked her cellmate, according to The Day. The victim reported that Sheppard had forced her to be her girlfriend.

The victim further reported that Sheppard had forced her to perform an estimated 100 sexual acts since they became cellmates in January, The Day reported. The victim also revealed a “certificate of death” Sheppard forced her to sign that indicated she would die if she broke up with Sheppard.

Patch previously reported on Sheppard, a 2005 Berlin High School graduate, being charged with injuring her infant daughter by shaking the child in September 2010. An extensive investigation led to Sheppard’s arrest in March 2011.

Shepard was an EMT with Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Reports at the time said the baby might never walk or talk and could be blind as a result of the traumatic injuries she suffered.

Get Patch’s previous coverage here.

Read the full story at The Day.

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