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Related: About this forumGreece woman found guilty in connection with West Webster tragedy
There was a guilty verdict Tuesday for the woman who bought the guns that were used to kill two firefighters and injure two others in the line of duty. It was a tragedy that began with a reported car fire and ended with three lives lost.
A jury found Dawn Nguyen guilty on a charge of falsifying business records. The jury's decision meant that they felt Nguyen filled out the paperwork to buy the guns used in the West Webster tragedy and intended to give them to the suspected gunman, William Spengler. Police say William Spengler set a fire outside his home on Lake Road in Webster and then used the guns to fire at four West Webster firefighters who responded to calls for that fire. Two firefighters, veteran Mike Chiapperini and 19-year-old Tomasz Kaczowka, were killed. Ted Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter survived the attack. Spengler's sister, Cheryl Spengler, was also killed.
Inside the courtroom, Dawn Nguyen showed no emotion and didn't even flinch when the verdict came down. Her family on the other hand broke down into tears. They have stayed calm throughout the whole trial, but on Tuesday, they couldn't contain their emotions anymore. Nguyens sister walked out of court after the verdict came down with her hands in the air and was visibly upset. Other family members and friends of Nguyen could be seen hugging each other and crying in disbelieve.
Kim Chiapperini, who is the wife of fallen firefighter Mike Chiapperini, was at the trial and heard the verdict.
http://www.whec.com/article/stories/s3399782.shtml
A jury found Dawn Nguyen guilty on a charge of falsifying business records. The jury's decision meant that they felt Nguyen filled out the paperwork to buy the guns used in the West Webster tragedy and intended to give them to the suspected gunman, William Spengler. Police say William Spengler set a fire outside his home on Lake Road in Webster and then used the guns to fire at four West Webster firefighters who responded to calls for that fire. Two firefighters, veteran Mike Chiapperini and 19-year-old Tomasz Kaczowka, were killed. Ted Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter survived the attack. Spengler's sister, Cheryl Spengler, was also killed.
Inside the courtroom, Dawn Nguyen showed no emotion and didn't even flinch when the verdict came down. Her family on the other hand broke down into tears. They have stayed calm throughout the whole trial, but on Tuesday, they couldn't contain their emotions anymore. Nguyens sister walked out of court after the verdict came down with her hands in the air and was visibly upset. Other family members and friends of Nguyen could be seen hugging each other and crying in disbelieve.
Kim Chiapperini, who is the wife of fallen firefighter Mike Chiapperini, was at the trial and heard the verdict.
http://www.whec.com/article/stories/s3399782.shtml
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Greece woman found guilty in connection with West Webster tragedy (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Apr 2014
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Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)1. Good
Enforcing existing laws on straw purchases should be expanded. I think it might be a deterrent. Do you agree we should enforce existing laws, lets have a discussion.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)2. Nice to see someone charged and convicted.
Straw purchases are not taken seriously enough by the prosecutors.
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. Prosecutions like this help protect our right to continue buying firearms.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)4. Law violated, verdict made, sentence pending. Good.