A Florence correctional officer turned himself in Sunday for a Minnesota warrant that charges him with his wife’s murder, according to the sheriff’s office.
Andrew Gordon Lemcke, 34, turned himself in at a Johnson Ranch substation in Pinal County at 2:30 p.m., according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Vanessa White. Lemcke works for the Corrections Corporation of America, White said.
Lemcke told PCSO that he had “accidentally” killed his wife while they lived in Minnesota and his attorney informed him Sunday that a warrant had now been issued for his arrest, according to a PCSO arrest record. The warrant was issued on Nov. 14, the report shows.
Lemcke was transported to the PCSO jail to await extradition.
An Associated Press report shows that his wife, Nichole Riley-Lemcke, was shot on Sept. 14, 2004 at her home in Appleton, Minn. Her parents filed a wrongful death suit against Lemcke in 2007, according to the AP report.
