Crime & Safety

Regional Police Report: Woman Pleads Not Guilty In Husband's Murder

The following police related items appeared on area Patches this week. When an arrest is mentioned it should not be considered a conviction.

Inverness

Woman Pleads Not Guilty In Husband's Murder

A 66-year-old Michigan woman has entered a not guilty plea to charges of first-degree murder for accusations that she helped plan a home invasion nearly 30 years ago that ended with her husband, Carl Gaimari, being shot and killed, according to the Daily Herald. 

Police said that Greco, of Crystal Falls, Michigan was involved in an extra-marital affair at the time of her husband's murder, Patch previously reported.

Her husband, Gaimari, was a commodities broker at the Chicago Board of Trade. Police said the couple had been married since 1963.

On April 30, 1979, two men entered the home and stated they were robbing the home. Police said the two men ordered Greco and three children – ages 13, 5, and 2 – into a bedroom, tied them up and locked them in a closet.

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Police said that Greco pre-planned and staged the home invasion. The two men waited in the basement and shot Gaimari when he returned home. The two guns were found near Gaimari's body. For more on this story.

Cary

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Man Impaled on Fence

A young man was airlifted for medical treatment after he was impaled by a wooden stake near 345 Alma Terrace in Cary on Wednesday.

The man was attempting to jump over a fence at about 4:51 p.m. June 19, and inadvertently fell onto the stake, impaling him, according to Lt. Michael Douglass, public information officer for the Cary Fire Protection District.

The Northwest Herald is reporting that the victim is a 19-year-old Wauconda man. 

Libertyville

Boater Gets 10 Years for Boy's Death

David Hatyina, 51, of Bartlett, received a 10-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty in April to operating a boat while under the influence of cocaine and alcohol on the Chain O' Lakes last summer and killing 10-year-old Anthony "Tony" Borcia, of Libertyville.

Hatyina was facing three to 14 years with the possibility of probation, which would have been permitted only if Kane County Judge Clint Hull determined there were extraordinary circumstances to justify such a sentence, according to a press release from the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.

Tony Borcia was killed July 28 2012 while tubing on Petite Lake when he was struck by a 29 foot boat driven by Hatyina, who later admitted to drinking alcohol earlier that afternoon.

A blood test taken the same evening of the incident revealed the presence of cocaine and alcohol in his system. In addition, cocaine residue was found on his boat near the operator’s console, according to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.

The investigation later revealed that the defendant’s blood alcohol content at the time of the collision was estimated to be between .09 and .128, placing him above the legal limit of .08 in Illinois. Several of the victim’s family members were at the scene and witnessed the incident, stated the press release. For more on this story.

Evanston

Teen Indicted for Shooting Near Mall

An Evanston teen was indicted on felony charges in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday after police say he shot a juvenile outside Old Orchard Mall this May.

Rayshawn Taylor, 17, of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the shooting, which took place at the intersection of Golf Road and Skokie Boulevard.

Police say Taylor shot a juvenile with a semiautomatic pistol around 9:45 p.m. May 17. When officers arrived at the scene,they found a male subject lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, who was in stable condition.

"This was not a random act," Skokie Deputy Chief Mike Pechter told Patch.


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