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By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff | <nobr>August 6, 2004</nobr>
The radio calls went out at 7:45 a.m. yesterday asking Boston police officers to look out for two white limousines repeatedly smashing into each other during a violent chase through lower Dorchester.
A witness standing next to a pile of scrap metal and broken glass by an apartment building on Ripley Road sent police to nearby New England Avenue, where one of the late-model limos sat with a crumpled rear end, its driver laying on the ground in tears.
Police said the man, Wayne Gethers, 38, of Roxbury, told them he had parked at 20 Ripley Road, and was ''enjoying the company of an unidentified female" in the back seat when his wife drove up in another limo the couple owns together. Wayne Gethers's four children were riding in the limo with his wife, police said.
That's when Yvesnane Gethers, 27, of Norwich, Conn., became enraged and slammed her limo into her husband's limo several times before Wayne Gethers tried to escape, said Boston police spokesman John Boyle. When Wayne Gethers drove off, his wife followed, ramming him at least five to seven times during a pursuit that reached speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, police reported.
When police found Yvesnane Gethers on Lawrence Avenue, the four children, ages 13, 11, 3, and 2 were in the back seat, the younger ones in car seats. After the two older children were examined by emergency medical technicians at the scene, all four children were released to relatives.
Denise Monteiro, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Social Services, said the agency has dealt in the past with Wayne Gethers but has no history of problems with the mothers of his children.
Yvesnane Gethers is the mother to the 3- and 2-year-olds, and another woman is the mother of the 13- and 11-year-olds.
DSS officials were notified about yesterday's incident but did not open an investigation, Monteiro said.
Yvesnane Gethers was handcuffed at the scene next to the Lincoln Grand Marquis she was driving, which was missing the front grill and had a damaged headlight. She pleaded not guilty yesterday to multiple charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon and driving to endanger. She was released on $300 bail.
Reached yesterday at his home, Wayne Gethers said he and his wife of three years are separated but had been trying to reconcile. She was visiting the past four days from Connecticut, but they argued Sunday in a supermarket about the way she was dressed.
After several more arguments, he said, he left the home and was having a beer and watching television with a female friend in the back seat of his limousine yesterday morning when his wife arrived.
''I was not having sex with no woman," Wayne Gethers said, adding that the couple owns the limousines as personal vehicles.
He acknowledged that the female friend was still in the car during the car chase and then got out after it ended.
As for mending his relationship with his wife, Wayne Gethers said, ''I'm afraid of her right now. I don't want nothing of it."
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The radio calls went out at 7:45 a.m. yesterday asking Boston police officers to look out for two white limousines repeatedly smashing into each other during a violent chase through lower Dorchester.
A witness standing next to a pile of scrap metal and broken glass by an apartment building on Ripley Road sent police to nearby New England Avenue, where one of the late-model limos sat with a crumpled rear end, its driver laying on the ground in tears.
Police said the man, Wayne Gethers, 38, of Roxbury, told them he had parked at 20 Ripley Road, and was ''enjoying the company of an unidentified female" in the back seat when his wife drove up in another limo the couple owns together. Wayne Gethers's four children were riding in the limo with his wife, police said.
That's when Yvesnane Gethers, 27, of Norwich, Conn., became enraged and slammed her limo into her husband's limo several times before Wayne Gethers tried to escape, said Boston police spokesman John Boyle. When Wayne Gethers drove off, his wife followed, ramming him at least five to seven times during a pursuit that reached speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, police reported.
When police found Yvesnane Gethers on Lawrence Avenue, the four children, ages 13, 11, 3, and 2 were in the back seat, the younger ones in car seats. After the two older children were examined by emergency medical technicians at the scene, all four children were released to relatives.
Denise Monteiro, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Social Services, said the agency has dealt in the past with Wayne Gethers but has no history of problems with the mothers of his children.
Yvesnane Gethers is the mother to the 3- and 2-year-olds, and another woman is the mother of the 13- and 11-year-olds.
DSS officials were notified about yesterday's incident but did not open an investigation, Monteiro said.
Yvesnane Gethers was handcuffed at the scene next to the Lincoln Grand Marquis she was driving, which was missing the front grill and had a damaged headlight. She pleaded not guilty yesterday to multiple charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon and driving to endanger. She was released on $300 bail.
Reached yesterday at his home, Wayne Gethers said he and his wife of three years are separated but had been trying to reconcile. She was visiting the past four days from Connecticut, but they argued Sunday in a supermarket about the way she was dressed.
After several more arguments, he said, he left the home and was having a beer and watching television with a female friend in the back seat of his limousine yesterday morning when his wife arrived.
''I was not having sex with no woman," Wayne Gethers said, adding that the couple owns the limousines as personal vehicles.
He acknowledged that the female friend was still in the car during the car chase and then got out after it ended.
As for mending his relationship with his wife, Wayne Gethers said, ''I'm afraid of her right now. I don't want nothing of it."
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