Pasadena Police Arrest Ex-HPD Officer In Alleged Murder-For Hire Scheme

PASADENA, TX -- Investigators with the Pasadena Police Department arrested a former Houston Police Officer who was allegedly looking to hire a hitman to sexually assault and kill two women, one of whom is 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.

Pasadena Police arrested McNatt after he met with two undercover detectives who posed as hitmen.

Police received information in early November that McNatt was looking to hire someone to sexually assault and murder the two women.

The undercover detectives were able to gather enough evidence to charge McNatt with conspiracy to commit capital murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping with intent to
commit sexual assault.

During the investigation, Pasadena Police learned McNatt was a former peace officer and had worked as an with the Houston Police Department, Ames Police Department and Clear Lake Police Department during the 1980s and 1990s.

McNatt, who was arraigned in Harris County Court on Thursday, was and denied bond and is being held in Harris County Jail.

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