Politics & Government

Man Gets 12 Years in Prison for Plot to Kill Lakewood Woman

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

A 23-year-old Trumbull County man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for a “murder-for-hire” plot to kill a Lakewood woman.

Andrew Martin, a former nurse at the Cleveland Clinic, had pleaded guilty in May to charges of commission of murder-for-hire; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; and obtaining individually identifiable health information.

“The community is fortunate that law enforcement was vigilant and stopped this plot before it got too far,” said Dettelbach in a news release.

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Martin was arrested earlier this year 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.

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

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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.


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