Former Marion County deputy sentenced to more than 25 years for killing girlfriend

The Brief

  • Former Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Leslie Boileau Jr. was sentenced in the deadly 2023 shooting of his girlfriend, Polina Wright.
  • Investigators say the two had been drinking and “dry-firing” guns at each other when Boileau pointed and fire a rifle that turned out to be loaded.
  • Boileau apologized in court, calling his actions “complacent, prideful, arrogant and overconfident.”

OCALA, Fla. A former Marion County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for the shooting death of his girlfriend last year in Ocala.

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Leslie Boileau Jr. received a sentence of 25 years, 8 months and 20 days — the exact age of victim Polina Wright at the time of her death.

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