{"id":154962,"date":"2020-11-11T03:29:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T11:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=154962"},"modified":"2020-11-11T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:26:00","slug":"prison-covid-outbreak-delays-trial-of-ho-chunk-casino-killing-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prison-covid-outbreak-delays-trial-of-ho-chunk-casino-killing-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho-Chunk Casino Killing Trial Delayed By Prison Coronavirus Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trial of a septuagenarian charged with fatally stabbing a fellow senior citizen outside the Ho-Chunk<\/a> Casino in Baraboo, Wisconsin<\/a> is on ice. That’s after an outbreak of coronavirus in the prison holding the accused.<\/p>\n

\"Robert
Robert Pulvermacher has yet to stand trial for the killing of Harold Johnson at the Ho-Chunk Baraboo and is currently in isolation, probably because of a COVID-19 outbreak in his prison. (Image: WMSN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Pulvermacher is alleged to have killed 88-year-old Harold Johnson after the older man tried to collect a small gambling debt.<\/p>\n

Parking lot surveillance video showed the two men entering Johnson\u2019s vehicle on Jan 13, 2019 but only Pulvermacher got out. He returned to the Ho-Chunk casino where he reportedly stayed for a further seven hours.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s body was discovered the next day, still inside the car.<\/p>\n

Authorities launched a manhunt for Pulvermacher, who was detained on January 23 after being caught breaking into a business in Madison. Since then, he has resided at the Waupun Correctional Institution, where he is serving a sentence for an unrelated crime.<\/p>\n

Prison Lockdown?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Local ABC affiliate WKOW reports that Pulvermacher was scheduled to appear at a hearing last June 3. But prison officials would not comply with a judge\u2019s order to produce the suspect because the entire facility was in quarantine as a result of an outbreak of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Then, a scheduled hearing for an October 27 came and went, still with no appearance from Pulvermacher.<\/p>\n

According to court filings, the prisoner could not be released because he was \u201cin isolation\u201d for at least ten days, and the reason for this could not be divulged.<\/p>\n

Correction Department documents seen by WKOW indicate \u201cisolation\u201d is not a word used to describe disciplinary measures.<\/p>\n

Pulvermacher\u2019s court appearance has been rescheduled for December 1, but Johnson\u2019s family, desperate for closure, is skeptical that he\u2019ll make an appearance.<\/p>\n

“I am not expecting that is going to happen on December 1 either, because of the COVID issues in Waupun,” Lori Udelhofen, Johnson\u2019s daughter, told WKOW.<\/p>\n

We did want him in the courtroom for sentencing because we wanted him to have to face our family and all of the people he hurt so deeply,” she added.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pulvermacher has an extensive criminal history, and once escaped from a federal prison where he was serving a sentence for robbery and weapons charges. He was recaptured a week later.<\/p>\n

Another Ho-Chunk Attack<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, on Wednesday a woman was found guilty of felony aggravated battery after she attacked and robbed a man at the Ho-Chunk Baraboo back in 2016.<\/p>\n

Thirty-year-old Chia Chang\u2019s 68-year-old victim was so savagely beaten he required eye surgery to repair a torn retina.<\/p>\n

Chiang had been scheduled to appear in court in 2018, but had twice failed to attend. She reappeared in September 2019 trying to cash phony checks at a branch of the Wells Fargo bank.<\/p>\n

She claimed she did not remember attacking her victim with a coat hanger at the Ho-Chunk and that she had an alcohol problem and suffered from blackouts.<\/p>\n

Chiang was banned from entering any gambling business and from having any contact with the man she attacked. She was fined $200 and ordered to undergo alcohol and drug counseling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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