By Eric Litke
From the Sheboygan Press
SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. -- A former prison nurse was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation but no jail time for having sex with an inmate at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, in western Sheboygan County.
Laurie A. Blum, 45, of 82 Yacoub Lane, Fond du Lac, was sentenced by Sheboygan County Circuit Judge Timothy Van Akkeren after her attorney, friends and family described her as a gullible, trusting woman who was taken advantage of while suffering from depression and marital problems.
Blum was convicted earlier this month of felony second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff, a felony that carried a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. Van Akkeren noted the statute was intended to prevent correctional staffers from abusing their power by forcing inmates to engage in sexual contact.
“This does not seem to be the stereotypical (case),” Van Akkeren said. “I am quite willing to believe this was a two-way street, and, if anything, that Mr. Anderson was grooming the defendant.”
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