May 3—State police arrested a U.S. Army sergeant Friday on charges he gave money to his older brother who allegedly concocted a murder-for-hire plot in prison. Jeremiah Peikert, 30, who was stationed at the Fort Cavazos Military Base in Texas, was extradited to Connecticut and arraigned Friday in New London Superior Court on charges of […]
A South Florida man allegedly thought he was paying $5,000 to a hitman to murder someone who he said took over $1 million from him and a business, but the purported hitman was an undercover agent, court records say. Makram Khashman is facing one count of murder for hire in South Florida’s federal court. He […]
Detectives probing the death of a 96-year-old California woman nearly two years ago have uncovered she was the victim of an elaborate murder-for-hire and reverse-mortgage scam that sought to gain control of her home, authorities said Thursday, announcing four people have now been arrested in the case. Violet Evelyn Alberts was found dead in her […]
A “vibrant” 96-year-old widow preparing to bake cookies for her birthday was killed at her Montecito, California, home in 2022 in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, according to authorities who said the case involved a “tangled evil web of financial exploitation.” Violet Evelyn Alberts was found dead in her bed on May 27, 2022. Deputies with […]
Before a 96-year-old widow was killed in a murder-for-hire plot, she was preparing to bake cookies for her upcoming birthday, California deputies say. Violet Evelyn Alberts’s caretaker found her dead inside her Montecito home on May 27, 2022, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said in a March 7 news conference. Pauline Macareno was arrested […]
Mar. 1—By Allana Haynes — ahaynes@baltsun.com PUBLISHED:March 1, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.| UPDATED:March 1, 2024 at 4:54 p.m. U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin on Tuesday sentenced an Ellicott City man to 40 years in federal prison for his role in the October 2020 murder of a Columbia man. According to a news release from the […]
Feb. 9—The alleged shooter in a 2020 murder-for-hire plot that left a Hartselle man dead is expected to be the first, among five accused, to stand trial on Oct. 16, according to his defense attorney. Logan Delp, 39, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Anthony Larry Sheppard, 41. Hartselle police found […]
New documents give an inside look at two failed marriages at the heart of a murder-for-hire plot. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE