Child rapist to serve maximum sentence

COLUMBUS — The state parole board reversed an earlier decision to release a Youngstown man convicted of raping two young girls.

Clyde Beck, 57, has served more than 17 years on a 25-year sentence.

Parole board Chairwoman Cynthia B. Mausser said a majority of the nine members agreed that the inmate should serve the maximum sentence and that the decision “best furthers the interest of justice in the case.”

Beck was convicted of multiple counts of sexually abusing the girls over several years in the late 1980s. He has been in prison since November 1989 and is incarcerated at the Madison Correctional Institution.

Mausser said Beck had appeared before the board seven times, with a panel late last year recommending he be released on or after April 2. Tuesday’s hearing provided a final opportunity for the victims and prosecutor to argue against parole.

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