Rochester sex offender sentenced to 9 years following probation violation
Chad Bruce Sabanish / Mower County Jail Roster
(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester man previously convicted of molesting a child was re-sentenced to 109 months, or about 9 years, following a probation violation.
Chad Bruce Sabanish, formerly of Austin, MN and Decorah, Iowa, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an Austin child from ages 6 to 10.
He will likely spend two-thirds of the sentence in prison, and one-third on parole, with credit for 3 years and 351 days already spent in jail.
Sabanish, who now lists a Rochester address, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of 2nd-degree criminal sexual conduct in July of 2022, in exchange for probation.
He was re-arrested in late November following a probation violation.
Court documents do not describe the nature of the probation violation.
Sabanish was, however, charged with felony theft–by check, value of property or services between $1,001 and $5,000 in Olmsted County Dec. 12.
Court documents allege that he wrote 20 checks to a Rochester Hy-Vee between Aug. and Sept. 2023, all of which bounced.
Sabanish was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and 10 years’ probation.
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(ABC 6 News) – A man previously sentenced to probation following a criminal sexual conduct conviction was re-arrested and held without bail or bond in Mower County, following an alleged probation violation.
Chad Bruce Sabanish, formerly of Austin, MN and Decorah, Iowa, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an Austin child from ages 6 to 10.
Sabanish, who now lists a Rochester address, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of 2nd-degree criminal sexual conduct in July of 2022, in exchange for probation, and a promise that he would not serve additional jail time.
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Sabanish then fled his sentencing in February of 2023.
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Sabanish was arrested on a warrant and booked into Mower County Jail on April 25, to be held without bond until sentencing May 4, when he received 15 years’ probation.
According to court records, Sabanish was re-arrested on a warrant late last week, and will be held in the Mower County Jail until a release revocation hearing Dec. 12.