Ocala judge hands down a chilling sentence in manslaughter case

The courtroom was silent on Nov. 14 when Circuit Judge Timothy McCourt sentenced former Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Leslie Dale Boileau to a very specific prison term: 25 years, eight months and 20 days.

That’s exactly how old Boileau’s girlfriend, Polina Annette Wright, was the day he shot and killed her.

Wright, the youngest of six children, was adopted from Russia. Her family and friends, as well as family and friends of the defendant, filled the courtroom Nov. 14 for the 8 a.m. sentencing hearing…

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