Kendall Strobel-Nieft appears before Outagamie County court via Zoom. PC: Fox 11 Online
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Kendall Strobel-Nieft was convicted of going into homes under construction in Kaukauna, turning on the water and leaving, causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage.
Online court records show Strobel-Nieft, 41, pleaded no contest to two counts of burglary to a building or dwelling and two counts of criminal damage to property, over $2,500. Six other counts were dropped, but will be read in, meaning the judge can consider them at sentencing.
The sentencing is set for Sept. 25.
Strobel-Nieft told police “she never got in trouble as a young woman and this made her feel something she hasn’t felt before.”
At a previous hearing, a prosecutor described the allegations:
According to the criminal complaint, Strobel-Nieft initially told police she was looking at homes to get ideas for remodeling or building a new house.
“However, she eventually admitted that she went into homes and had turned on the water Ms. Strobel-Nieft was able to confirm that she had entered the residences and turned on the water, and position the water to flood the house, causing damage to the homes. Ms. Strobel-Nieft admitted to Detectives that the sole purpose of entering the homes was to damage them by turning on the water. Ms. Strobel-Nieft said she never got in trouble as a young woman and this made her feel something she hasn’t felt before. Ms. Strobel-Nieft would also go on to admit that she went into over 20 homes, and the amount and dates of entering them started to blend together. She noted that in each case, if the water was turned on, she would leave it on to cause damage to the homes, but some of them did not have the water turned on,” the complaint states.
In a social media post, Kaukauna police estimated the total damage at more than $230,000.
The incidents happened between June 2021 and July 2024.
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