
Former Food Network Chef Juan-Carlos Cruz was arrested for conspiracy to commit murder after the three homeless men he hired to off his wife ratted to the police. According to TMZ
Cruz gave [the first homeless man] Little Dave a box which contained a box cutter, a disposable cell phone, gloves and 1/2 of 10 hundred dollar bills, and promised to give him the other halves when the job was done.
Little Dave then told his friend Shane. Shane then got a third homeless man involved — Big Dave.
Cruz then met all 3 homeless men in Santa Monica. Cruz went over the plan, showed Big Dave a picture of the alleged female target [his wife] and then told him he picked his wife up at a certain place each day, and he wanted one of the homeless men to jump out as she got in her car and slit her throat.
Big Dave told the cops about Cruz’s plan. The next day, the cops got in touch with all three men and asked for their cooperation in busting Cruz.
The men called Cruz and asked to meet with him again. Big Dave was wired and a cop was nearby videotaping the meeting.
The three homeless men continued to help the police until Cruz was arrested Thursday on charges of solicitation to commit murder.
That’s why you never send a regular hobo to do a runaway-teen-turned-drug-addict’s job. Duh! Teenage crack addicts are less of a risk. First of all, they’re still young, so they’re still spry enough get the job done. You don’t want a homeless person over the age of 25 doing your killing, because by the time they hit thirty, their organs and bones are shot all to hell. See, constant exposure to the elements and corrosive chemicals ages you at like three times the normal rate, so a 42-year old vagrant who’s lived on the streets for the last 20 years is really closer to 114 in hobo years. It works just like dog years. Except, you know, with more schizophrenia and dumpster diving.