Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Judge calls the slaying of Air Page Corp. owner John Aegerter "premeditated, cold-blooded murder." Lynn Hajny implores, "I'm not a heartless monster," as judge imposes 15 years in prison for her and 30 years for Tommy Douyette.
(Updated 12:42 p.m.) A man who brutally killed a wealthy Brookfield businessman and the woman accused of brow-beating him into doing it were sentenced Tuesday to prison. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney ordered Lynn M. Hajny, 49, of New Berlin, to serve the maximum 15 years nine months in prison, followed by five years three months on extended supervision. He sentenced Tommy V. Douyette, 43, of Milwaukee, to a 30-year prison term — 10 years less than the maximum — followed by the maximum 20 years on extended supervision. Authorities say Douyette is the one who fatally beat and strangled John Aegerter, 63, in Aegerter's Brookfield garage late on the night of June 21, 2011. But Douyette told police he was badgered and …
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Waukesha County Judge Patrick Haughney ruled Friday Tommy Douyette can testify about a deceased Wauwatosa police clerk's alleged involvement in plotting the murder of a Brookfield radio communications business owner.
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
A convicted murderer can tell jurors what he alleged to police: that a Wauwatosa police clerk plotted for months with a New Berlin woman to kill and dismember a Brookfield businessman and steal his identity and wealth, a judge ruled Friday. Tommy Douyette, 43 — awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty for his role in the brutal murder of John Aegerter, 63, — can testify about alleged meetings he had with the police clerk, Mark Finken, and the woman, Lynn Hajny, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney ruled. Also admissible: evidence Brookfield police pulled off Finken's police department and home computers, plus a notebook that prosecutors allege Hajny used to jot notes about the murder plot. Hajny, who has been in jail since her …
Friday, June 29, 2012
Tommy Douyette, who confessed to beating and strangling Air Page Corp. owner John Aegerter, says he was browbeat into it by Lynn Hajny, who plotted with Mark Finken, a police clerk who killed himself amid investigation.
A New Berlin woman was the cold mastermind behind the brutal murder of a Brookfield businessman, brow-beating her boyfriend into killing John Aegerter to steal his radio communications wealth, that boyfriend told Brookfield police. And boyfriend Tommy Douyette said Lynn Hajny had another partner in crime — a Wauwatosa police clerk who plotted for months with Hajny to murder the eccentric ham radio operator, steal his identity and eventually split the millions they believed he was worth. Hajny's husband Albert worked for Aegerter, who owned about 75 radio transmission towers, ran several companies and was president of Air Page Corp., 14150 W. Greenfield Ave. Douyette said he was the one who fatally beat and strangled Aegerter the night of …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Attorneys in the case don't rule out a plea deal for Lynn Hajny for allegedly helping to murder a Brookfield businessman in his home.
A suspect in a Brookfield murder has officially decided not to opt for an insanity plea in the case, but attorneys have left the door open to the possibility of a plea agreement in the case. Lynn Hajny, 49, appeared in Waukesha County Circuit Court for the second time in a week in order to officially inform Judge Patrick Haughney she will not be seeking a change of her plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Last week her attorney Michael Hart told Haughney they were planning to not pursue the special plea, but they still needed to receive an assessment of Hajny’s mental health from an investigator. Hajny is accused of killing businessman John C. Aegerter inside his Brookfield home last June. Her boyfriend…
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Lynn Hajny will not enter an insanity plea on her murder charge in the June 2011 death of Brookfield businessman John Aegerter.
A woman charged in connection with the brutal murder of Brookfield businessman John C. Aegerter will not enter an insanity plea, her defense attorney said Thursday. Attorney Michael Hart told Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney in court that he does not expect to enter a special plea on behalf of Lynn Hajny, 49, of New Berlin. Hart previously had asked for time to conduct a mental evaluation of Hajny to determine if she would pursue a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. A criminal complaint alleges that Hajny helped Tommy Douyette, 42, kill Aegerter inside his Brookfield home last June. The two, each charged with first-degree intentional homicide, went to Aegerter’s house to confront him about money they …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The attorney for accused murderer Lynn Hajny says he will determine in the next month if she will plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
A defense attorney for a woman facing charges in the brutal murder of a Brookfield businessman said he should determine in the next month if she will plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Attorney Michael Hart told Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney Tuesday that he was still working to track down all of the past mental health records for Lynn Hajny, 49, to determine if she qualifies for the plea. Hajny also has also met with a doctor who is evaluating her mental health status, Hart added. Hajny is charged with one count of being party to first-degree intentional homicide. A criminal complaint alleges she and her boyfriend Tommy Douyette, 42, killed John Aegerter, 63, inside his Brookfield residence last June. Douyette pled …
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tommy Douyette tells a judge he beat John Aegerter and pleads guilty to a reduced homicide charge carrying a maximum 40-year prison term.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
(Updated 11:30 a.m.) A man Wednesday pleaded guilty to a reduced homicide charge and agreed to testify against a woman also charged in the brutal murder of Brookfield businessman John Aegerter in June. Tommy V. Douyette, 42, pleaded to first-degree reckless homicide, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison followed by 20 years on extended supervision in the community. Prosecutors will recommend a 35-year prison term, with 15 years on supervision. Douyette originally was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. That is the charge still filed against Lynn Hajny, 49, whose attorney said Wednesday he is investigating a possible plea of not guilty by reason of mental …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tommy Douyette plans to change his not guilty plea and cancel his Jan. 30 jury trial in the murder of Brookfield businessman John Aegerter.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
One of two people charged in the murder of Brookfield businessman John Aegerter plans to change his guilty plea and drop his jury trial. Attorneys for Tommy V. Douyette, 42, had planned to argue at a motion hearing this week that he should be tried separately from co-defendant Lynn Hajny, 49. But online court records show attorneys asked Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney to remove the Jan. 30 jury trial for Douyette and schedule a change of plea. According to a JSOnline.com report, the Waukesha County prosecutor involved would not comment on the expected plea deal. Aegerter, 53, was found dead in his Brookfield garage June 22, his ankles and neck bound with electrical cords, his face duct-taped and several plastic grocery bags…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The man, a Wauwatosa police clerk, had phone contact with one of the suspects at the time frame of Brookfield businessman John Aegerter's murder, reports say.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Shortly after Brookfield police questioned a Wauwatosa police clerk about his potential involvement in the murder of Brookfield businessman John Aegerter, the clerk committed suicide, according to a Journal Sentinel report. Mark Finken fatally shot himself in Wauwatosa July 23, leaving suicide notes behind saying he was not involved in the June 22 homicide of Aegerter, the Journal Sentinel report says. Police questioned him about four calls he received from Lynn Hajny and one call he made to her late June 21, according to the report. Aegerter was found dead the morning of June 22, bound and gagged in his Brookfield garage with an electrical cord around his neck. Aegerter, 63, operated and owned radio transmission towers and communications …
Friday, July 15, 2011
Tommy Douyette and Lynn Hajny return to court Sept. 26 on charges alleging they killed Brookfield businessman John Aegerter.
The two suspects in the murder of Brookfield businessman John C. Aegerter pleaded not guilty and waived their preliminary hearings Friday morning. Tommy V. Douyette, 42, of Milwaukee, and Lynn Hajny, 48, of New Berlin, were bound over for trial on one count of party to the crime of first degree intentional homicide after they allegedly beat and bound Aegerter, 63, in the garage of his Golf Parkway home. According to the criminal complaint, the two went to Aegerter’s home because they said he owed money to Hajny’s husband, who worked for Aegerter. Douyette hit Aegerter multiple times. Police found Aegerter hours later, his ankles tied in electrical tape, face wrapped in duct tape and head covered with several plastic bags with a white …
Raymond Weisling
8:06 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
A real tragedy, fed by greed, and now a decent and honest person has been denied his last years. I knew John since elementary school, a best buddy through high school (but unfortunately I have lived outside the USA since 1980). Rest in Peace, John. May the killers "enjoy" their greatly restricted freedom, not a severe enough penalty for such greed. ex-WA9FUH, ex-YB2ARH, KF6HH more ›