Crime & Safety
Man Pleads Guilty in Boating Death of Tony Borcia
David Hatyina, of Bartlett, accepted a plea deal Tuesday in the death of Butterfield School student Tony Borcia of Libertyville.
Instead of going to trial next month, David Hatyina, 51, of Bartlett, has plead guilty to one count of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol in last summer's boating death of 10-year-old Anthony "Tony" Borcia, reported the Lake County News-Sun.
The Butterfield School fifth-grader was enjoying a day on the lake with family and friends on July 28, 2012, when he fell off of an inner tube and was struck by David Hatyina's boat and killed, reported Patch.
In exchange for his guilty plea, charges of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide against Hatyina were dropped. Sentencing is scheduled for June 13, according to the News-Sun.
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Hatyina remains free on $1 million bond.
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