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Above: Reporting from the initial September 2024 shooting incidentA former Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy was sentenced to more than two decades in prison after he was found guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend in 2024.Leslie Boileau Jr. was sentenced to 25 years, 8 months and 20 days in prison by Judge Timothy McCourt on Friday. The sentence length was chosen to signify the exact age of Boileau’s girlfriend, Polina Wright, at the time of her death.The 33-year-old Boileau was a Marion County sheriff’s deputy at the time of the incident in September 2024. Boileau said he and Wright were cleaning his firearms when he pointed a semi-automatic rifle at her and pulled the trigger. He said the gun dry-fired the first time he pulled the trigger, but it then fired a live round at Wright after the first dry-firing.Boileau was arrested and charged with manslaughter by use of a firearm, a conviction that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.”This case reiterates the very real consequences of negligence and reckless actions,” said Bill Gladson, Fifth Judicial Circuit state attorney. “I cannot think of a more just sentence to hold this offender accountable and pay respects to the victim and her grieving family.”Boileau had served as a deputy sheriff for eight years, but was immediately terminated from his position following the shooting in September 2024.
Above: Reporting from the initial September 2024 shooting incident
A former Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy was sentenced to more than two decades in prison after he was found guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend in 2024.
Leslie Boileau Jr. was sentenced to 25 years, 8 months and 20 days in prison by Judge Timothy McCourt on Friday. The sentence length was chosen to signify the exact age of Boileau’s girlfriend, Polina Wright, at the time of her death.
The 33-year-old Boileau was a Marion County sheriff’s deputy at the time of the incident in September 2024. Boileau said he and Wright were cleaning his firearms when he pointed a semi-automatic rifle at her and pulled the trigger. He said the gun dry-fired the first time he pulled the trigger, but it then fired a live round at Wright after the first dry-firing.
Boileau was arrested and charged with manslaughter by use of a firearm, a conviction that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
“This case reiterates the very real consequences of negligence and reckless actions,” said Bill Gladson, Fifth Judicial Circuit state attorney. “I cannot think of a more just sentence to hold this offender accountable and pay respects to the victim and her grieving family.”
Boileau had served as a deputy sheriff for eight years, but was immediately terminated from his position following the shooting in September 2024.
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