Former Green Bay prison guard sentenced to a year in prison for throwing woman into fire
GREEN BAY - A former prison guard was sentenced to a year in prison and four years of probation after he was convicted of pushing a woman into a fire pit during a party.
Shane Nolan, 33, was sentenced Friday by Brown County Judge Kendall Kelley. Nolan was found guilty of two counts of felony substantial battery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct and acquitted of hate-crime enhancer charges in February.
The maximum penalty for a felony substantial battery charge is 1½ years in custody and followed by two years on extended supervision.
Dessiray Koss, 32, received third-degree burns to her right arms, burns and injuries to her left wrist and chin in the attack in early July 2021. Nolan was previously a prison guard at Green Bay Correctional Institution at the time but was terminated from the position in November 2022.
Nolan was arrested on July 4, 2021, for assaulting Koss during the party at her house and attempting to strangle her. On Feb. 1, a jury deliberated for over an hour and found Nolan guilty of the two charges.
Contact Benita Mathew at bmathew@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Shane Nolan sentenced to a year in prison in Green Bay
