Florida teen arrested for allegedly seeking hit man to kill high school faculty member

[Eugene]

Source: NBC News

Florida teen arrested for allegedly seeking hit man to kill high school faculty member

“I need a guy who could kill someone,” deputies said suspect Nicholas Robert Godfrey wrote. “No joke, I need him eliminated as soon as possible."

Nov. 1, 2019, 5:16 PM EDT
By David K. Li

A Florida man was arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill a faculty member at his high school, authorities said Friday.

Nicholas Robert Godfrey, an 18-year-old senior at Fivay High School, about 40 miles north of Tampa, was charged with first-degree attempt to solicit murder, Pasco County Sheriff's deputies said.

Detectives said they have messages Godfrey wrote on Instagram seeking a professional killer.

“I need a guy who could kill someone,” Godfrey allegedly wrote in one of the messages, offering $100,000 "for the guy's head."

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Even if Godfrey had no real intentions of killing the school staffer, the threat is itself a serious crime, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-teen-arrested-allegedly-seeking-hit-man-kill-high-school-n1075401


Nicholas Godfrey. (Pasco County Sheriff's Office)

[Midnight Writer]

1. No quid pro quo. If he has a Republican judge, he should be OK.

[Beakybird]

2. Good point! The judge would say that he offered dollars, not quid even though he was seeking a pro.

[Midnight Writer]

4. That's good. Very good.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I'm guessing that doing his homework would be a lot easier.

And cheaper.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. "Get over it!"

Just use the Mulvaney defense.