12 local convicts: Where are they now?
Published 8:28 am Sunday, November 17, 2013
1. Robert Michael Hughes
• Residence before prison: Albert Lea
• Age: 40
• Conviction: first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder for the shooting death of his estranged wife, Tammy Hughes, on May 25, 2005
• Sentence: life sentence
• Prison history:
Oct. 20, 2006: started his sentence at the state prison in St. Cloud
Dec. 27, 2006: transferred to the prison in Stillwater
• Expiration of sentence: Oct. 19, 2105 (life sentence)
2. Richard David Scheib
• Residence before prison: Albert Lea
• Age: 38
• Conviction: second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person younger than 16 involving multiple acts, fleeing police in a motor vehicle
• Sentence: 7 1/2 years
• Prison history:
July 26, 2010: started his sentence at the state prison in St. Cloud
Oct. 27, 2010: transferred to the prison in Faribault
March 21, 2013: transferred to the prison in Lino Lakes
• Projected release date: April 20, 2015
3. Pah Ber
• Residence before prison: St. Paul
• Age: 50
• Conviction: second-degree murder of Albert Lean Po Lye, first-degree assault of Ber’s wife, Paw Pree, on Nov. 20, 2011 in St. Paul
• Sentence: 30 years, seven months for the murder charge, served concurrently with a nine-year sentence for the assault charge
• Prison history:
Aug. 31, 2012: started his sentence at the state prison in St. Cloud
Oct. 5, 2012: transferred to the prison in Stillwater
• Projected release date: April 7, 2032
4. Linda Kae Tuttle-Olson
• Residence before prison: Albert Lea
• Age: 63
• Conviction: wire fraud tied to the theft of $1.3 million from her client’s escrow accounts at Albert Lea Abstract Co.
• Sentence: 3 1/2 years
• Prison history:
Sept. 28, 2011: admitted to federal prison in Alderson, W.Va.
• Projected release date: Oct. 13, 2014
5. Michael Zabawa
• Residence before prison: Matawan
• Age: 31
• Conviction: 12 counts, including two counts of first-degree murder, in the shooting deaths of 40-year-old Tracy Kruger and his 13-year-old son, Alec, during a home invasion Feb. 3, 2007. Wife and mother Hilary Kruger was also seriously wounded.
• Sentence: life sentence without parole
• Prison history:
March 13, 2009: started his sentence at the state prison in St. Cloud
May 26, 2009: transferred to the prison in Oak Park Heights
March 2, 2010: transferred to the prison in Stillwater
• Expiration of sentence: life sentence without parole
6. Michael Anthony Prieskorn
• Residence before prison: Ellendale
• Age: 39
• Conviction: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering tied to an $18 million mortgage fraud scheme.
• Sentence: six years
• Prison history:
June 12: 2012: admitted to federal prison in Pensacola, Fla.
• Projected release date: Aug. 30, 2017
7. Jesse Jeff Stewart
• Residence before prison: Albert Lea
• Age: 34
• Conviction: receipt of child pornography
• Sentence: seven years, one month
• Prison history:
Sept. 19, 2012: admitted to federal medical center in Rochester
• Projected release date: Nov. 3, 2018
8. Chad Jamie Gulbertson
• Residence before prison: Albert Lea
• Age: 41
• Conviction: first-degree murder while committing domestic abuse, second-degree intentional murder and second-degree murder while violating an order for protection in the death of his ex-girlfriend Jody Lee Morrow on June 21, 2009
• Sentence: life sentence
• Prison history:
April 30, 2010: started his sentence at the state prison in St. Cloud
Oct. 6, 2010: transferred to the prison in Stillwater
• Expiration of sentence: April 29, 2109 (life sentence)
9. Paul Gutierrez Jr.
• Residence before prison: Albert Lea
• Age: 39
• Conviction: first-degree murder by child abuse, first-degree murder by criminal sexual conduct, second-degree murder in the slaying of 18-month-old Makaio Lynn Radke in April 21, 2001.
• Sentence: life sentence without parole
• Prison history:
March 5, 2002: started his sentence at the state prison in St. Cloud
Aug. 15, 2002: transferred to the prison in Oak Park Heights
Aug. 13, 2008: transferred to the prison in Stillwater
Aug. 22, 2010: transferred to the prison in Oak Park Heights
Oct. 13, 2010: transferred to the prison in Stillwater
Nov. 18, 2010: transferred to the prison in Oak Park Heights
• Expiration of sentence: life sentence without parole
10. Gary Allen Reichow
• Residence before prison: Alden
• Age: 63
• Conviction: bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence tied to the Nov. 3, 2003, armed robbery of the Farmers State Bank in Freeborn.
• Sentence: 22 years
• Prison history:
April 22, 2004: admitted to federal prison in Texarkana, Texas.
Feb. 22, 2006: transferred to prison in Sandstone.
May 23, 2012: transferred to prison in Oxford, Wis.
Oct. 17, 2013: transferred to prison in Ashland, Ky.
• Expected release date: Jan. 1, 2023
11. Larry Dick Smit
• Residence before prison: Lake Mills
• Age: 49
• Conviction: second-degree arson of 102 N. Fourth Ave. W., Lake Mills, on April 7, 2011
• Sentence: 10 years, 11 months and 30 days
• Prison history:
June 22, 2011: admitted at Iowa Medical and Classifications Center in Oakdale, Iowa
Aug. 12, 2011: sent to Clarinda Correctional Facility in Clarinda, Iowa
Feb. 28, 2013: transferred to Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in Fort Dodge, Iowa
• Eligible for parole: April 17, 2014
• Maximum release date: April 16, 2016
12. Aaron Dwayne Gunderson
• Residence before prison: Northwood
• Age: 34
• Conviction: vehicular homicide in the death of 7-year-old Kadyn Jade Halverson, of rural Kensett on May 10, 2011
• Sentence: 15 years
• Prison history:
Jan. 27, 2012: admitted at Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale, Iowa
March 5, 2012: sent to Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in Fort Dodge, Iowa
• Eligible for parole: Dec. 14, 2018
• Maximum release date: Sept. 22, 2022