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| Escaped inmate pleads guilty to robbery and carjacking |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/24/2004 |
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A 39-year-old thief who slipped out of a state prison while a security fence was turned off has been sentenced to more than 12 years for bank robbery and carjacking. Jeffrey Hershberger, of New Sharon, and another inmate, 20-year-old Omar Wilkins, were accused of scaling two fences at the Iowa Medical Classification Center in Oakdale in April 2003 and stealing two cars to make their escape. When they made the break, the prison's high-tech security fence was turned off for repairs and they climbed over it. Both men were later captured in Atlanta. Hershberger pleaded guilty May 19th to federal bank robbery charges and two carjacking charges. In exchange, federal prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of carrying a firearm. U.S. Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker says that today (Monday), Hershberger was sentenced to 151 months in prison, to be served after he finishes serving a state sentence, which has at least three years to run. Wilkins, who was serving a life sentence for murder, has received two 130-month sentences for federal carjacking offenses. He was sentenced to another five years in June on his guilty plea to a state escape charge. |
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