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Man Who Staged Lake Drowning While Kayaking Sentenced to Jail Time
Ryan Borgwardt was sentenced to 89 days in jail and ordered to pay $30,000 for investigation costs after faking his death and fleeing abroad for the same duration.
- Ryan Borgwardt, a 45-year-old man from Watertown, was sentenced Tuesday to 89 days in county jail plus $30,000 restitution for faking his death.
- Borgwardt staged a drowning on August 11 in Green Lake by overturning his kayak and tossing his phone to mislead authorities while fleeing overseas.
- Authorities searched for 54 days involving volunteers and officials, costing over $51,000, before tracking Borgwardt to Eastern Europe where he had a job and a new life.
- At his court appearance, Borgwardt entered a no contest plea and expressed sorrow for his behavior that evening and the hurt it brought to his loved ones. Judge Mark Slate then sentenced him accordingly.
- The conviction highlights the consequences of Borgwardt's premeditated act, which significantly impacted his family and community and resulted in costly resource wastage.
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An American man who faked his own death to meet a woman he met online has been sentenced to 89 days in prison, the number of days he fooled authorities into believing he was missing, the Associated Press reports. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, a married man with three children, disappeared last August after telling his wife he was going kayaking on a Wisconsin lake. His capsized kayak and car were found. Authorities later recovered his fishing rod, keys, w…
Wisconsin kayaker sentenced to 89 days in jail after faking his own death, fleeing country
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (WFRV) – Ryan Borgwardt, a Wisconsin man who made national headlines last year after attempting to fake his own kayaking death, was convicted on Tuesday and sentenced to 89 days in jail. Borgwardt, 45, pleaded no contest to a charge related to obstructing officers during their search, a misdemeanor that carried a max sentence of nine months behind bars. He apologized during brief remarks he made in court on Tuesday afternoon. “I…
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