Friday, April 19, 2013
According to the affidavit, Andrew Martin tried to have a 79-year-old Clifton Boulevard resident killed because she was “trying to mess up (his) life.” But mostly, he was just after her home.
A 23-year-old Trumbull County man pleaded guilty in a “murder-for-hire” plot that targeted the killing of a Lakewood woman. Andrew Martin, a former nurse at the Cleveland Clinic, entered guilty pleas to the charges of commission of murder-for-hire; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; and obtaining individually identifiable health information. Steven Dettelbach, the US attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, said that Martin solicited a patient at the Cleveland Clinic to kill a Clifton Boulevard woman. “The community is fortunate that law enforcement was vigilant and stopped this plot before it got too far,” said Dettelbach in a news release. According to the affidavit, Martin tried to have the 79-year-old woman killed because she was “…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
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. “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 (…
Saturday, November 17, 2012
A 23-year-old Trumbull County man arrested by federal authorities, the Plain Dealer reported.
Federal authorities say that a Lakewood woman was the target of a 23-year-old Trumbull County man’s “murder-for-hire” plot, the Plain Dealer reported on Friday. Andrew Martin, a nurse at the Cleveland Clinic, was arrested after authorities say he agreed “to pay a patient to kill a 79-year-old woman over a dispute involving the ownership of a Clifton Boulevard home,” the Plain Dealer reported. 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.” Martin was charged with “use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.” He is scheduled to …
Tfacey
4:38 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Dang. Thats one crazy-ass story. Thank jeebs this CI wasn't really a murderer. more ›