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Inmate Faces Murder-For-Hire Charges in Attempt to Kill Witness
Roderick Hamilton allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill a witness in his upcoming criminal trial, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports.
A Manatee County Jail inmate faces murder-for-hire charges after detectives said he tried to hire someone to kill a witness in his upcoming criminal trial.
Roderick Hamilton, 23, tried to pay $6,000 to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office detective posing as a hitman to murder the witness, investigators said.
Hamilton was arrested last year for aggravated battery with a firearm in connection with a shooting that occurred Sept. 13, 2010, at the at 3803 1st St. E. in Bradenton.
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"Detectives began the investigation one week ago after receiving information that Hamilton wanted to hire someone to kill a witness" in his pending criminal case, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
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