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Convicted killer takes plea deal in local domestic case

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Schoerner given 3-year sentence

A Shawano man who had already been remanded back to prison to finish out a life sentence for murder pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges related to a domestic incident in the city last year.

Randy L. Schoerner, 57, was on lifetime parole for a 1976 first-degree murder conviction when he was accused of choking and assaulting a woman and holding her against her will at his residence in Shawano on March 3, 2014.

A jury was selected for a two-day trial that was getting underway Thursday morning, but Schoerner accepted a plea deal just before opening arguments.

Schoerner pleaded to a felony count of false imprisonment and a misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer.

Charges of strangulation, sexual assault, disorderly conduct and battery were dismissed as part of the agreement.

Schoerner was then sentenced to three years in prison and three years extended supervision for false imprisonment, and a consecutive nine months in jail for obstructing an officer.

The sentence is concurrent with the life sentence he is serving for his 1976 murder conviction in Sheboygan County.

Schoerner was 18 when he was charged with the deaths of two women, one of whom was stabbed and the other shot to death, according to 1976 newspaper reports. He initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Schoerner’s parole was revoked last year in the wake of the Shawano domestic incident.

According to the Shawano County complaint, Schoerner sought the assistance of a female acquaintance to help him pack for a return to Sheboygan, where his parole was being transferred.

The complaint states Schoerner became upset that the woman was talking with another man on her cell phone, and he began yelling at her and prevented her from leaving.

The complaint alleges Schoerner choked the woman and tried to force her pants off. The complaint also alleges Schoerner threatened her with a knife during the incident.

According to the complaint, the woman was able to escape the residence when someone came to the door.

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