|
|
| Inmate admits trying to have victim killed |
| By buffalonews.com - Patrick Lakamp |
| Published: 10/13/2012 |
|
An inmate serving time in Gowanda for sex abuse thought he was hiring a hit man to kill the woman he had assaulted. It turned out the Peekskill man was talking to an undercover state trooper. “I got myself caught up in a conspiracy,” Brendon Berndt, 27, said Thursday as he pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy before Erie County Judge Michael L. D’Amico. Berndt said he “foolishly met with someone” earlier this year in the prison about a plot to kill the victim. A fellow inmate had set up the meeting, telling Berndt that it was with someone who could arrange the killing. Instead, the other inmate alerted authorities. State police then sent an undercover investigator to meet with Berndt under the pretense of arranging the killing. Berndt conspired to kill the 25-year-old woman he was convicted of sexually assaulting as she was walking on Route 6 in Cortlandt, Westchester County, late on Oct. 29, 2009. He thought killing the victim would improve his chances of winning an appeal of his conviction, officials said. After meeting with the undercover officer, Berndt sent instructions to his father to send $5,000 to a post office box, as he was instructed to do at the meeting, prosecutor Kristen A. St. Mary told D’Amico. He misled his father about the reason to send the money, saying it was needed to hire a private investigator for help with the appeal, St. Mary said. The father did not send any money. Read More. |
Comments:
Login to let us know what you think
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Have you been hurt in an accident in Waco Temple or Killeen? Our personal injury lawyers will review your claim to examine if there is enough evidence to support a lawsuit. You may be eligible to file a personal injury claim if you were involved in an accident that was caused by the negligence of someone else. Our spinal cord injury lawyer work with personal injury experts to understand how the accident has changed your life and what money you need to go forward.