December 03, 2009
Man Deemed Sane in LAX Police Officer’s Murder
LOS ANGELES – A 51-year-old man faces life in prison after a Los Angeles jury determined today he was sane when he carjacked and murdered a Los Angeles International Airport police officer in 2005.
Jurors deliberated less than a day before returning the sanity phase verdict. William Sadowski is expected to be sentenced Jan. 15. He faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Sadowski was convicted Nov. 16 of the first-degree murder of Thomas Scott, the first airport police officer killed in the line of duty. Jurors found true the special circumstance allegation that the murder was committed in the course of a carjacking and found not true the special circumstance allegation that a peace officer was intentionally killed while engaged in the performance of his duties.
The defendant also was convicted of two counts of carjacking and one count of attempted carjacking. Jurors found true the allegation that the defendant personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a police vehicle, and found not true the allegation that the murder was willful, deliberate and premeditated.
Deputy District Attorney Linda Loftfield of the Crimes Against Peace Officers section prosecuted the case.
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