Former Clear Lake Officer Jailed For Murder-For-Hire Plot

PASADENA, TX -- Investigators with the Pasadena Police Department arrested a former Clear Lake Shores police officer who was allegedly looking to hire a hitman to sexually assault and kill two women, one of whom was his estranged wife.

Clarence Michael McNatt, 63, is facing charges of conspiracy to commit capital murder, and two counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping with intent to commit sexual assault.

McNatt was arrested after meeting with two undercover detectives who posed as hitmen.

Lt. James Holt, a spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department, said McNatt wanted to find out why
his wife had left him and believed she had left him for someone else.

McNatt offered to pay detectives $500 for the acts, but paid them $100 cash along with three gold rings containing various stones.

Police said that they found numerous items in McNatt's car that could be used to to tie up and and torture potential victims when he was taken into custody.

The evidence and the solicitation were enough for police to charge McNatt with solicitation to commit capital murder two counts of solicitation to commit aggravated kidnapping with intent to commit sexual assault.

He is currently being held in the Harris County Jail without bond.