Sentencing delayed for Illinois carnival worker

An Springfield, Ill., man who pleaded guilty to a reduced charge following the reported rape of a 15-year-old girl last September has yet to be sentenced. TerryDwayne Wake was scheduled to be sentenced Monday, but Judge Benjamin Lewis recused himself because he had once represented in a civil case the family of the girl Wake is accused of having molested, said Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle. The case was transferred to the court of Circuit Judge William Syler; a sentencing date has not yet been set. Wake remains in the Cape Girardeau County Jail. Wake, who operated the Cliffhanger ride for Astro Amusements during the SEMO District Fair, was arrested Sept. 21. On Oct. 28, he pleaded innocent to rape. On Dec. 28, Wake changed his plea to guilty of endangering the welfare of a child. Judge John Heisserer ordered a presentencing investigation, but left office at the end of December when his term of office ended. The case then came under Lewis's jurisdiction.