This wasn’t exactly the crime of the century. A Florida inmate was busted for conspiring to kill another inmate after he mailed a postcard soliciting the murder to a fellow gang member and prisoner in Pasco County jail.
Before jailers intercepted the postcard, Charles White, 40, was planning a hit on 21-year-old Lionel Florez, a Pasco inmate whose brother was responsible for killing White's son, The Smoking Gun reported.
According to a complaint affidavit, White is a member of a "criminal white supremacist gang" who last month reached out to his associate Shaun Yeomans, 41, also held at the Pasco lockup and reportedly detained near to Florez.
It was only a matter of time before authorities caught wind of the not-so-brilliant plan. Kevin Doll, Pasco County Sheriff's Office's Community Relations Director, told Newsweek that they came across the postcard while reviewing the mail of inmates, as was a protocol for the facility.
Upon further questioning, White confessed to sending the postcard to fellow gang member Yeomans via the U.S. postal service. The convicted felon admitted to wanting Florez harmed, or killed, as a way of avenging his son's death. He added that he would "kill him himself" if he were "housed with him."
White was charged with soliciting the murder of Florez, adding to his growing felony count that includes grand theft auto, drug trafficking and violating his probation.
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