Polcetti said she was going to kill her ex-boyfriend then herself, the prosecutor said.
Kristina PolcettiSPRINGFIELD – Kristina Polcetti, 32, of Springfield was sentenced Monday to six to eight years in prison after she admitted to firing a gun at the head of the father of two of her children last year.
Assistant District Attorney Donna S. Donato said if the man had not “snapped his head back,” allowing him to escape injury, it could be a much more serious case against Polcetti.
Polcetti pleaded guilty to armed assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery and two firearms charges. She was sentenced by Hampden Superior Court Judge C. Brian McDonald.
After she finishes her sentence, which McDonald said he will recommend she serve at the Chicopee Women’s Correctional Center, Polcetti will be on probation for three years.
Donato said on the morning of July 29, Polcetti went to her ex-boyfriend’s 1446 Dwight St. apartment and assaulted him, scratching and biting him until he got her out of the apartment.
At about 10:30 p.m. the victim was sitting at the kitchen table when he saw Polcetti come down the hallway, although he did not know how she got in, Donato said.
“She pushed the gun to his head, trying to push it to his left temple and forehead and then the right temple and she asked him how it felt to have a gun at his head,” Donato said. The victim asked who would take care of the kids if she killed him, Donato said.
Donato said Polcetti said she was going to kill him and kill herself.
The man saw her tighten her finger on the gun and he quickly moved his head, the gun fired and the bullet went through the kitchen window.
The man pushed her back and ran out the door, and she chased him with the gun, Donato said.
Donato said the victim, who was in the courtroom, agreed with the prosecution’s recommendation of six to eight years plus probation, although he was “somewhat conflicted ” “Recognizing she is the mother of his children.” Donato said the victim has custody of the children.
Defense lawyer Edward J. Abare III said Polcetti had fallen into drug and alcohol addiction. He said in the 243 days in the Chicopee jail Polcetti has changed drastically for the better with the halt to her addictions and her participation and work at the jail.