Editing Chappaqua, New York (section)

===Crime===
Although Chappaqua's [[crime rate]] is far below the national average,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.relohomesearch.com/NorthAmericaCity/NY/Chappaqua.aspx|title=Chappaqua, NY Real Estate Homes for Sale|first=Leading Real Estate Companies of the|last=World}}</ref> the area has had a few high-profile murders. In 1996, a battle between a lottery winner and his former lover over custody of their 5-year-old child resulted in a gun battle; the winner was acquitted of the murder of his former lover on the basis of self-defense, and convicted of the shooting of the woman's father.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/21/nyregion/lotto-winner-guilty-in-a-killing-cleared-in-2d.html "Lotto Winner Guilty in a Killing, Cleared in 2d"], ''The New York Times'', March 21, 1998.</ref> In November 2006 a disbarred attorney drove the body of his severely injured wife to Northern Westchester Hospital, claiming that the couple had been ambushed and shot in the nearby town of Millwood. She died soon after. For over a year, police expressed skepticism about the husband's account and did not rule him out as a suspect. In December 2007 the man was charged with his wife's murder after trying to collect on [[life insurance]] policies.<ref>Fitzgerald, Jim. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112200256.html "Husband Not Ruled Out in Murder Probe"], ''Associated Press'', November 22, 2006.</ref><ref>McFadden, Robert D. and Santos, Fernanda. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/nyregion/21arrest.html "Westchester Lawyer Charged in Wife’s 2006 Shooting Death"], ''The New York Times'', December 21, 2007.</ref> Carlos Perez-Olivo was convicted October 4, 2008 for the murder of his wife, Peggy Perez-Olivo, who had been working as a teaching assistant at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/westchester/05guilty.html "Lawyer Convicted in Wife’s Death"], ''Associated Press'', October 5, 2008.</ref>