Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

Login Options

10:41 p.m. • 2-10-12

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Sat: Mostly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 52° F
  • Sun: Clear.
    • Hi: 43° F
  • Mon: Mostly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 50° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Marketplace Links

Social Links

Main Menu

Second suspect pleads guilty in fatal theater shooting


e-mail print friendly
Jason Anthony Zilinski
Jason Anthony Zilinski

A second man has pleaded guilty in last year's shooting death of a Raleigh theater manager.

Jason Anthony Zilinski pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory after the fact to second-degree murder, attempted armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery in the Oct. 24 death of Mark Douglas Buhaug.

He was sentenced to 60 to 81 months in prison.

Buhaug, 48, died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen following a robbery at Marquee Cinemas, off Capital Boulevard.

Zilinksi's stepfather, Anthony Joseph Bimbo, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

One other man, Ryan Michael Becker, faces murder charges in the case. A court date for him has not been scheduled.

Buhaug, a 25-year veteran of the theater, had managed the Marquee since August 2005, Originally from Dilworth, Minn., he had lived in Raleigh for about 10 years.

RELATED TOPICS: Raleigh

e-mail print friendly

7 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments VIEW ALL 7 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Latest Comments
In most states, (and I was sure North Carolina was one of them) if you participate in a felony, whatever happens...during that felony, i.e. Murder, etc, all participants are charged with the murder. What's up with this?

Here is the difference. This guy wasn't in on planning a murder. He planned a robbery that went bad. The shooter is in jail for life. I think 5 years is reasonable for what this guy did.

What a joke. Victim gone forever. This guy gone for 5 years. There is no justice in this world. I would like this guy out as soon as his victim comes back.

Glass Half Full,

Your right in one sense, no punishment sentence has been delivered yet. What I was referring to was the inevitable. For pleading guilty to accessory after the fact to second-degree murder, attempted armed robbery, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery this suspect will not get a life sentence as he would have under the original charge of 1st degree murder.

Lead by Example - What sentence?

View Comments VIEW ALL 7 COMMENTS
Report It

Multimedia

Click Here