Lisle man pleads not guilty in fatal Fox River boat crash that killed Magdalena Jablonska

The man charged in a deadly boat crash on the Fox River last month entered a plea of not guilty on Friday. Richard Stevenson pleaded not guilty to all felony charges during his arraignment.

Magdalena Jablonska, 48, was killed on July 25 when a triple-engine pontoon boat operated by 45-year-old Richard Stevenson of Lisle collided with her boat in a no-wake zone. Prosecutors said Stevenson was going nearly 80 miles per hour at the time of the crash.

Authorities said Stevenson had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit at the time of the crash. He is now criminally charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence.

Jablonska's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Stevenson last week.

Lawyers representing her family and her fiancé, Alan Telmini, said they filed the lawsuit to further investigate the circumstances that led to the fatal crash. They will look into whether Stevenson was overserved alcohol at a business before he drove the boat, and if the three engines powering the pontoon played a part in the crash.

They also want to know if anyone knowingly allowed Stevenson to operate the boat despite a history of dangerous conduct, whether anyone who owned or controlled the boat negligently entrusted it to an unsafe driver, and whether any additional parties may share responsibility for Jablonska's death.

Stevenson is in McHenry County Jail awaiting trial.