Overview

• Ryan Borgwardt, 45, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor obstruction tied to the search for his presumed body.
• He was ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution for the multiagency search, which his attorney said he already paid.
• Prosecutors recommended 45 days, but Judge Mark Slate imposed 89 days to match the length of the deception.
• Investigators say he staged a drowning on Green Lake, biked to Madison, traveled through Canada and Europe, and lived in Georgia with a woman he met online.
• Authorities made contact with him in November and he returned in December, with prosecutors citing planning steps including a new passport, a large life insurance policy and a vasectomy reversal.