The suspect allegedly agreed to kill someone for $5,000 in a meeting with an undercover FBI agent.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee Air National Guardsman was arrested after, officials say, he applied to be a hitman through a parody website and allegedly agreed to kill someone for $5,000.
Garcia was charged Thursday in a criminal complaint with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to the FBI. If convicted, he will face up to 10 years in prison,The criminal complaint says that Garcia needed money to support his family and, in mid-February, began searching the internet for mercenary jobs. He found rentahitman.com, a website created in 2005 to advertise a cyber security startup that failed.
According to the complaint, Garcia submitted an inquiry saying he was interested in obtaining employment as a hitman. He followed up on his initial request and submitted other identification documents and a resume, stating he was an expert marksman and employed in the Air National Guard since July 2021. The resume also said that his nickname was “Reaper,” which he earned from military experience and marksmanship.
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