Naperville Man Gets 43 Years in Prison

Caption: (clockwise) Shaun Wild, 24, of Brown Deer, WI, was in his first year of teaching when he died in a bar fight at Frankie’s Blue Room in downtown Naperville. Daniel Olaska, 31, of Naperville, was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to 43 years in prison.

A Naperville man was sentenced to 43 years in prison for stabbing 24-year-old elementary school teacher Shaun Wild in a Naperville bar fight in February of 2012, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Daniel Olaska, 31, was sentenced at the DuPage County Courthouse Wednesday, May 20. He received 40 years for the murder and three additional years for unlawful use of a weapon.

“I never wanted to hurt anybody, and I certainly never meant to kill Shaun Wild,” Olaska told the court before the sentence was handed down.

Olaska claimed self-defense at the trial and Judge Kathryn Creswell said at the sentencing the jury clearly did not believe him and neither did she.

Olaska was found guilty in March for the murder of Wild, who was stabbed in the heart when he intervened in a fight at Frankie’s Blue Room.

The jury returned not guilty verdicts on two charges of attempted murder for stabbing Wild’s friend Willie Hayes and Franke’s Blue Room bouncer Rafael Castenada.

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