A Florida deputy has been charged with manslaughter after taking pictures and killing his girlfriend, 25-year-old Polina Wright, in what he alleges to be an accident whereas cleansing weapons. The incident which happened on the night time of Thursday, Sept. 19, unfolded after the Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy known as 9-1-1 to report the taking pictures.
“I do know this seems actually dangerous. I instructed her I didn’t need this to occur,” stated Leslie Boileau to authorities after they arrived at his house. In keeping with a information launch from the Ocala Police Division, Boileau acknowledged throughout questioning that the taking pictures was “unintentional,” and that it occurred as he and his girlfriend had been “dealing with and dry-firing the firearms.”
Boileau instructed authorities that the 2 had come house from dinner and opened a not too long ago ordered bundle of gun cleansing provides, which is when his girlfriend requested him to point out her learn how to clear a gun. Later studies expanded upon the assertion because it seems the couple had additionally been consuming, indicating that that they had every consumed three margaritas.
Boileau acknowledged he was demonstrating learn how to disassemble and clear a 9mm handgun and an AR-style rifle. For some unknown motive, he claims the 2 pointed the weapons at one another.
In keeping with an arrest report obtained by FOX 13, he “grabbed the rifle and dry-fired it one time.” In a subsequent dry-fire try, Boileau states that he forgot he had “positioned the loaded journal into the rifle” which discharged a spherical into Wright’s brow.
“Upon arrival, officers discovered the sufferer with a deadly gunshot wound to her brow. A 9mm handgun was noticed on the sufferer’s lap, and a rifle was additionally current on the scene,” the information launch states.
A search warrant executed on the residence by the Ocala Police Division revealed bodily proof that corroborated Boileau’s account.
“In gentle of those findings, Leslie Boileau has been arrested for manslaughter for his function within the deadly taking pictures,” in line with the division’s information launch. Boileau is being held within the Marion County Jail with out bond and was “instantly terminated” from the division after having served eight years as a deputy sheriff. The Sheriff’s workplace has confirmed the gun used within the deadly incident was not his service firearm.
“We’re heartbroken for the household and pals of the sufferer. Tens of hundreds of legislation enforcement officers do their job commendably day by day. However sadly, the tragic actions of only one are felt via your complete legislation enforcement group. The Ocala Police Division has the assist of my workplace as they proceed to complete their investigation of this tragic incident,” says Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods.
Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken additionally expressed condolences to the sufferer’s household and family members, stating that the “Ocala Police Division is working with the State Lawyer’s Workplace to make sure justice is served.”
