Ex-Nassau jail guard sentenced in slayings

An ex-Nassau jail guard who killed two people in a shooting spree before wounding her own grandfather and kidnapping her niece was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.

Calling the crimes of defendant Kim S. Wolfe among the "most heinous, callous and cowardly" he had seen on the bench, Nassau County Court Judge David J. Ayres said Wolfe should "fittingly . . . and quite probably draw her final breath in prison." She will be eligible for parole in 2032.

The judge acknowledged that some in the Mineola courtroom would be disappointed with the sentence. But he said he accepted the plea deal to avoid a protracted trial in which Wolfe could have mounted an insanity defense.

Ayres called Wolfe "cold-blooded" and said he didn't want her in a mental hospital in "bed slippers" and "bathrobe" while "whining" to doctors about her childhood.

Wolfe, 44, of North Babylon and a Nassau correction officer for about 19 years, pleaded guilty in September to charges that included murder, weapon possession and kidnapping.

On June 16, 2010, she shot to death Stacie Williams, 45, a nurse's aide with whom she had a prior relationship, at Nassau University Medical Center. Wolfe also fatally shot her uncle Marshall Williams Jr. at his Hempstead home and wounded her grandfather Marshall Williams Sr. before taking her niece Mary Josey, then 23, hostage, declaring she and Josey were headed to Atlantic City. She later surrendered to police.

Just before Ayres pronounced the sentence, Wolfe read a short apology to the families on a paper her attorney Michael DerGarabedian pulled from her pocket because the judge insisted that she stay handcuffed through the hearing.

"I just hope you can find it in your heart to one day forgive me," Wolfe said in a barely audible voice.

Patricia Bines, Stacie Williams' sister, said she would personally appear before the parole board to oppose any bids for release in the future.

"I actually say, she got away with murder," Bines said after the proceedings. "You murdered two people, you kidnapped another, you do all of these things, and you get 22 years?"

Bines said that Wolfe had long been stalking Williams.

"My sister called me repeatedly, day and night, that she was being stalked," Bines recalled in court. She added, "My sister didn't want that lifestyle."

Bines was one of three people who spoke before the sentencing -- including one of Stacie Williams' children, Barry King, and Josey.

"Only God knows why you did this," Josey said in court.

To some, Josey said, Wolfe may be thought of as "a monster" or "a maniac" but to Josey she was just "Aunt Kim."

She said, "I don't hate you, Aunt Kim."