Crime & Safety

Man Indicted in Murder-For-Hire Plot to Kill Lakewood Woman

Andrew Martin, a nurse at the Cleveland Clinic, was charged with one count of use of an interstate commerce facility in the commission of murder-for-hire.

Federal authorities indicted a 23-year-old Trumbull County man suspected in “murder-for-hire” plot to kill a Lakewood woman.

Andrew Martin, a nurse at the Cleveland Clinic, was charged with one count of use of an interstate commerce facility in the commission of murder-for-hire.

“The investigation shows that this defendant was seeking to hire someone to kill a woman as part of a dispute over a home in Lakewood,” said Steven Dettelbach, the US attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, in a prepared statement.

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“Obviously, we take these threats very seriously and will prosecute this case vigorously.”

Martin arrested last month after authorities say he agreed to pay a patient to kill a 79-year-old woman because she was “trying to mess up (his) life,” according to the affidavit.

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The issues stem from the woman’s ownership of her Clifton Avenue home.

The indictment alleges that on Nov. 5, Martin used a telephone in connection with his intention that a murder be committed — that’s the reason for the federal charges.

According to an affidavit — filed by an agent of the the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — Martin told a patient that he would pay him $10,000 “to put four in her head and make it look like a robbery.”

Lakewood police assisted with the investigation.

Marting remains in custody since his arrest last month. 


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