McClusky to work in cemeteries

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

MC CLUSKY

Failure to meet the conditions of his probation has netted a local man an ironic punishment, after he was convicted last year of bilking several grieving families out of tombstones.

The defendant, Oscar Dale McClusky, was recently found in violation of his eight-year probationary sentence. The sentence was given to him after he entered guilty pleas to 15 counts of theft for failing to provide tombstones to customers who had already paid him for the merchandise.

As result of the plea, McClusky was ordered to spend eight years on probation and make $12,800 restitution to the victims.

However, his probation was recently violated after he allegedly failed to report to his probation officer as ordered. While he could have been sent back to jail to serve his sentence, the relatively mild violation of his probation brought another sentence, tailor-made to his offense.

In finding McClusky in violation, the court ordered him to perform 40 hours of public service work, with the service to be done in the cemeteries of Warren County.

Once his community service is complete, McClusky will continue his supervised probation.