In today's St. Louis Post Dispatch:
Hershel D. Cluck, 55, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole for molesting four girls under the age of 15 at a residence in Woodson Terrace.
Cluck pleaded guilty of 17 counts on Monday after a day of negotiations between prosecutors and defense attorneys.
As part of the plea agreement, St. Louis County Circuit Judge John F. Kintz stayed the sentence until next month so Cluck can be taken into federal custody first to serve a 10-year sentence as a felon in possesion of a firearm.
Prosecutor John Quarenghi said the charges against Cluck ranged from felonies such as statutory rape and sodomy to misdemeanors such as sexual misconduct. Quarenghi said Cluck is a persistent sexual offender.
On Jan. 21, 1976, Cluck admitted in a guilty plea he was one of two men who kidnapped a 20 year old housewife from a landromat and raped her near Lindbergh Boulevard and Schuetz Road. He also pleaded guilty of raping a 23 year old woman at the same location after he and an accomplice picked her up hitchhiking near Washington University.
Hey lil Justin Bergman, I wonder if he had his eyes on you when he was a member of your pool team in Vegas a few years back?? Glad I never had to share a room with this guy while out in Vegas. I wondered what ever became of him since Herschel hasn't been around the pool scene for a few years....guess now I know.
Hershel D. Cluck, 55, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole for molesting four girls under the age of 15 at a residence in Woodson Terrace.
Cluck pleaded guilty of 17 counts on Monday after a day of negotiations between prosecutors and defense attorneys.
As part of the plea agreement, St. Louis County Circuit Judge John F. Kintz stayed the sentence until next month so Cluck can be taken into federal custody first to serve a 10-year sentence as a felon in possesion of a firearm.
Prosecutor John Quarenghi said the charges against Cluck ranged from felonies such as statutory rape and sodomy to misdemeanors such as sexual misconduct. Quarenghi said Cluck is a persistent sexual offender.
On Jan. 21, 1976, Cluck admitted in a guilty plea he was one of two men who kidnapped a 20 year old housewife from a landromat and raped her near Lindbergh Boulevard and Schuetz Road. He also pleaded guilty of raping a 23 year old woman at the same location after he and an accomplice picked her up hitchhiking near Washington University.
Hey lil Justin Bergman, I wonder if he had his eyes on you when he was a member of your pool team in Vegas a few years back?? Glad I never had to share a room with this guy while out in Vegas. I wondered what ever became of him since Herschel hasn't been around the pool scene for a few years....guess now I know.