Travers’ attorney, George Somers, told the jury that Travers purchased the gun because he wanted to use it to commit suicide. He testified that he indeed pulled the trigger of the gun in front of his wife, but only to show her that the firearm didn’t work when she became frightened upon learning that he had the weapon. He testified that he bought an antique gun, but the gun didn’t work. Lee Travers claimed the incident never happened. Her son wrestled with his father and later informed his mother it was a gun that he had come at her with, Linda Travers testified. Linda Travers testified that she fled from their home, leaving behind the children. The couple’s daughter, who witnessed the event with her older brother, was 11 years old at the time. Linda Travers testified at the trial that her then-husband came at her “like a caged animal’’ with what she believed to be a knife, but which turned out to be a gun. WIFE TERRIFIED: Toms River woman: Husband 'like a caged animal' He pointed a gun at her in front of the couple’s two children and pulled the trigger several times, but the gun misfired, the assistant prosecutors argued. He was found guilty on all counts – the attempted murder of Linda Travers, two counts of aggravated assault on her, threatening her and their son, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.ĭuring the trial before Roe, Michael Abatemarco and Robert Cassidy, assistant Ocean County prosecutors, argued that on the day when Linda Travers told her husband of 22 years that their marriage was over, Lee Travers threatened to kill her. So, Travers stood trial in May on all of the original charges stemming from the 2009 events. Travers in 2012 pleaded guilty in the case to aggravated assault on Linda Travers, now 53, and was sentenced to eight years in prison for the crime.īut in an appeal, he asked to take back his guilty plea, and a panel of appellate judges in 2014 allowed him to. Travers is required to serve 85 percent of the 17-year prison term for attempted murder, or almost 14½ years, before he can be considered for release on parole, under the state’s No Early Release Act. Roe, who sentenced Lee Travers on Friday, imposed three consecutive prison terms totaling 29 years: 17 years for the attempted murder of his now ex-wife eight years for unlawful possession of a handgun and four years for making terroristic threats against the couple’s son, who was 15 years old on the night in question. Linda Travers’ life was spared because the gun misfired, prosecutors said. 12, 2009, when prosecutors argued that he pointed a gun at her in front of their two children and pulled the trigger several times. Linda Travers, from whom Lee Travers is now divorced, testified at the trial that her husband came at her "like a caged animal" on the night of Feb. MATRIMONIAL MAYHEM: Toms River man guilty of trying to kill wife The 69-year-old Toms River man stood trial on seven charges related to a night authorities said he tried to murder his wife in front of their two children. He was convicted in May of all of the charges against him.Īnd, on Friday, Travers was sentenced to 29 years in prison – 21 years longer than what he received under his original plea bargain. TOMS RIVER - Lee Travers took a gamble when he asked appellate judges to throw out his plea bargain so he could try his luck with a jury. Watch Video: NewsBreak: July 4 travel predictions Seidle shooting findings
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