Former county attorney Oliver Glass to be released on Friday

Glass was released from U.S. Penitentiary Leavenworth on Aug. 22 and transferred into a post-prison program managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Reentry Management Office in Kansas City.

According to Randilee Gimausso, a spokesperson with the Office of Public Affairs for the Office of Congressional and Public Affairs and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Glass was either transferred to an undisclosed halfway house or he was assigned to home confinement at his residence in Fremont since Aug. 22.

In an August interview, Gimausso declined to specify where Glass was being housed, citing federal privacy regulations regarding released inmates.

Glass was an inmate at USP Leavenworth since March. He had taken a plea deal with federal prosecutors that resulted in him being sentenced to nine months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. on Feb. 17, 2023. Glass was also sentenced to serve a one-year term of supervised release and to pay a $3,000 fine.

Originally scheduled to be released on Dec. 26, 2024, Glass has had his release from incarceration date changed three times. Federal inmates can have their sentences reduced for many reasons, including good behavior, participating in prison rehabilitation efforts and taking part in other programs such as job training.

Following several months as an inmate at Leavenworth, Glass first had his release date changed from Dec. 26 to Dec. 16. Then, several months later, his release date was altered again, from Dec. 16 to Nov. 11. That date was then altered — and Glass was released from USP Leavenworth — a third time, with his final release date being set as Oct. 27.

The now-disgraced former county attorney plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit deprivation of rights under color of law on Nov. 21, 2022, following an almost two-year investigation.

Glass was the Dodge County attorney from 2011 until March 2021. He was accused of a litany of allegations in relation to claims he coordinated in 2020 the months-long, multi-faceted harassment of Nathan Schany, the then-boyfriend of Glass’s estranged wife, Katie Glass.

Prosecutors detailed a months-long harassment and cyber-stalking campaign coordinated by Glass, which targeted the lover of his now-ex-wife.

Glass admitted to coordinating the incessant following and harassing of Schany with as many as five local law enforcement officials from the Fremont Police Department and the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office as well as a Hooper-based private investigator. None of the law enforcement officials alleged to be involved in the harassment were ever charged.

During plea deal negotiations, Glass told investigators that he engaged in the criminal activity because Schany, who was dating his estranged wife, had been convicted in Iowa of child abuse allegations. Glass claimed that because of Schany’s background, he was worried for his own children’s safety, because Schany would visit his estranged wife while she had the couple’s children in her custody.

However, prosecutors disputed those claims and Federal District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. debunked Glass’s story during the sentencing, comparing Glass’s argument to felons who say they need a gun for protection or dealers who sell drugs to help their family.

According to coverage of Glass’s sentencing in the Omaha World-Herald, Rossiter said because Glass was an elected official, he was held to a higher standard in choosing public service over private practice.

“It’s all for good reason, but it’s still a crime,” Rossiter said as he delivered his sentence. “You broke those oaths and you breached the public trust. You were the county attorney! You were the county attorney.”