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theweaselkingThe radio calls went out at 7:45 a.m. yesterday asking Boston police officers to look out for two white limousines repeatedly smashing into each other during a violent chase through lower Dorchester.
Police said the man, Wayne Gethers, 38, of Roxbury, told them he had parked at 20 Ripley Road, and was ''enjoying the company of an unidentified female" in the back seat when his wife drove up in another limo the couple owns together. Wayne Gethers's four children were riding in the limo with his wife, police said.
That's when Yvesnane Gethers, 27, of Norwich, Conn., became enraged and slammed her limo into her husband's limo several times before Wayne Gethers tried to escape, said Boston police spokesman John Boyle. When Wayne Gethers drove off, his wife followed, ramming him at least five to seven times during a pursuit that reached speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, police reported.
Reached yesterday at his home, Wayne Gethers said he and his wife of three years are separated but had been trying to reconcile. She was visiting the past four days from Connecticut, but they argued Sunday in a supermarket about the way she was dressed.
After several more arguments, he said, he left the home and was having a beer and watching television with a female friend in the back seat of his limousine yesterday morning when his wife arrived.
''I was not having sex with no woman," Wayne Gethers said, adding that the couple owns the limousines as personal vehicles.
He acknowledged that the female friend was still in the car during the car chase and then got out after it ended.
As for mending his relationship with his wife, Wayne Gethers said, ''I'm afraid of her right now. I don't want nothing of it."
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A family whose shop in West Bromwich was raided by a 12-year-old boy brandishing a gun have been praised for their "remarkable bravery" by a judge.
CCTV footage revealed the boy burst into the store on 8 May with a scarf around his face and hood over his head.
He told the shopkeeper, Jasbir Guliani, to fill a black plastic bag with cash.
Mr Guliani said there was no money in the till and, on instruction to load the bag with cigarettes instead, told the boy he was underage.
The retailer later offered him sweets and crisps instead.
During the raid Jasbir's father, Sudha Guliani, entered the shop and slipped out to call the police on his mobile phone.
The boy was disarmed by two officers who found the weapon was unloaded.
Judge Onions said: "I have never seen someone of his age and of his build with such a fearsome weapon."
He also rejected suggestions that the child had not been aware of the gravity of his offence.
He went on: "This young man had that gun for some time. He knew what a sawn-off shotgun was.
"He had his hood up when he went into the shop. He had time to think about what he was doing."
Police said the man, Wayne Gethers, 38, of Roxbury, told them he had parked at 20 Ripley Road, and was ''enjoying the company of an unidentified female" in the back seat when his wife drove up in another limo the couple owns together. Wayne Gethers's four children were riding in the limo with his wife, police said.
That's when Yvesnane Gethers, 27, of Norwich, Conn., became enraged and slammed her limo into her husband's limo several times before Wayne Gethers tried to escape, said Boston police spokesman John Boyle. When Wayne Gethers drove off, his wife followed, ramming him at least five to seven times during a pursuit that reached speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, police reported.
Reached yesterday at his home, Wayne Gethers said he and his wife of three years are separated but had been trying to reconcile. She was visiting the past four days from Connecticut, but they argued Sunday in a supermarket about the way she was dressed.
After several more arguments, he said, he left the home and was having a beer and watching television with a female friend in the back seat of his limousine yesterday morning when his wife arrived.
''I was not having sex with no woman," Wayne Gethers said, adding that the couple owns the limousines as personal vehicles.
He acknowledged that the female friend was still in the car during the car chase and then got out after it ended.
As for mending his relationship with his wife, Wayne Gethers said, ''I'm afraid of her right now. I don't want nothing of it."
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A family whose shop in West Bromwich was raided by a 12-year-old boy brandishing a gun have been praised for their "remarkable bravery" by a judge.
CCTV footage revealed the boy burst into the store on 8 May with a scarf around his face and hood over his head.
He told the shopkeeper, Jasbir Guliani, to fill a black plastic bag with cash.
Mr Guliani said there was no money in the till and, on instruction to load the bag with cigarettes instead, told the boy he was underage.
The retailer later offered him sweets and crisps instead.
During the raid Jasbir's father, Sudha Guliani, entered the shop and slipped out to call the police on his mobile phone.
The boy was disarmed by two officers who found the weapon was unloaded.
Judge Onions said: "I have never seen someone of his age and of his build with such a fearsome weapon."
He also rejected suggestions that the child had not been aware of the gravity of his offence.
He went on: "This young man had that gun for some time. He knew what a sawn-off shotgun was.
"He had his hood up when he went into the shop. He had time to think about what he was doing."