Robert Allen DeClercq, 72, of Grosse Pointe, was convicted by an Oscoda County jury of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, person under 13, defendant over 17, a potential life-sentence offense.
Robert Allen DeClercq, 72, of Grosse Pointe, was convicted by an Oscoda County jury of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, person under 13, defendant over 17, a potential life-sentence offense.
In 2020, DeClercq assaulted a female minor relative in the bathroom of his secondary residence in Oscoda County’s Fairview Township.
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The 2020 assault will carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years up to lifetime imprisonment.
Sentencing will be held on Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. in the 23rd Circuit Court in Mio.
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