April 4, 2003
LOCAL NEWS
Baltimore County Judge Finds Against Woman Who Bought Gun for Palczynski
Towson - A Baltimore County Circuit judge has ruled that an Essex woman who purchased guns for Joseph Palczynski is civilly liable for the death of a woman he killed during his shooting rampage in 2000.
The judge ruled today that defendant Constance Waugh must pay $300,000 to Thomas McDonel, whose wife Jennifer was killed as she drove past Palczynski on her way to church during his shooting spree.
The award includes $150,000 for the dead woman's pain and suffering before death, and $150,000 under the state's Survivor's Clause.
Waugh was convicted in 2001 for violating federal gun laws when she purchased a firearm for Palczynski -- who was barred from owning a weapon because he was a felon. Waugh claimed she never would have bought the weapon if she had known about his criminal, mental and disturbed family history.
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press.
He just asked you to buy a gun for him because he was too busy to fill out the paperwork that day. 