Lemcke to serve 52 months for wife's death
BENSON -- Andrew Gordon Lemcke, 35, will serve the maximum sentence for second degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife.
District Judge Jon Stafsholt sentenced Lemcke to 52 months in prison during a court appearance Monday morning in Benson. It's the maximum possible under state sentencing guidelines in place when Nichole Riley-Lemcke, 26, was fatally shot in their Appleton home on Sept. 12, 2004.
The judge also ordered Lemcke to pay a $10,000 fine and fees, and to make restitution for his wife's funeral expenses of $8,547. The judge allowed credit for the time he has served in jail since a Pope County jury returned the guilty verdict on March 11.
The judge told Lemcke that he could be released from prison for good behavior after serving two-thirds of the sentence, but that he would remain on supervised probation for the remaining 17 1/3 months and could be returned to prison for any violations.
Prior to issuing the sentence, the judge told Lemcke that he had not accepted responsibility for his crime, had showed no remorse, and had not issued an apology to his wife's family or offered to pay for the funeral expenses.
