Man punished after posting victim's nude photos online

A Kalispell man was sentenced to five years with the Montana Department of Corrections on Thursday after he admitted violating parole by posting nude photographs of the victim of a previous crime online without her permission.

Jeff Daniel Schreer, 42, has been screened and will likely be placed in a program in Kalispell where he is allowed to live in the community but is intensively supervised.

Schreer’s sentence was imposed by Flathead District Judge Heidi Ulbricht for a probation violation for a suspended 10-year sentence handed down in 2009 for criminal endangerment.

In that case Schreer broke into a home through a window, loaded a rifle and pointed it at a man and a woman who were in bed.

He then hit the man in the side of the head with the butt of the rifle and pushed him into a window. The window broke and cut the man.

The man and woman scuffled with Schreer and were able to hold him down. Schreer said he “was done” and was allowed to leave the house without the rifle. The man unloaded the gun.

A few minutes after the incident, Schreer returned and begged the woman to be let back into the home and said he was sorry. He left when she refused and admitted to the crime when he was later interviewed by officers.

Schreer said that after his conviction the woman contacted him and he responded, despite the fact one condition of probation was that he not have contact with the victims.

Schreer said he didn’t think about the order not have contact with the woman until his probation officer asked who he was dating. Schreer admitted that he then lied to the officer about who he was dating.

The relationship apparently hit a rough patch when the woman discovered that Schreer had posted nude photographs of her online.

At his revocation hearing, Schreer admitted posting the photos, but said he found nothing wrong with his actions. She had given him the photos, Schreer said.

“There were photographs posted to a private site,” Schreer said. “They in no way had her name, her face. I don’t understand how I was not being law-abiding.”

Schreer’s attorney Sean Hinchey asked for a three-year sentence but prosecutor Stacy Boman pointed out that she was only recommending five years when the maximum punishment could have been 10 years.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.