PELAHATCHIE, Miss — A Mississippi woman is accused of trying to hire someone in a murder-for-hire plot, federal prosecutors said.
Jessica Leeann Sledge, 39, of Pelahatchie, was arrested Tuesday and charged with the use of an interstate commerce facility in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi.
According to the release, Sledge allegedly used the internet in an attempt to hire an assassin to murder someone in Mississippi, WLBT reported. The complaint alleges that Sledge communicated with the potential assassin between September 2021 and Monday.
Unknown to Sledge, the “hit man” she hired was an FBI special agent, prosecutors said. The intended victim was unharmed.
Sledge faces up to 10 years in federal prison if she is convicted, WAPT reported.
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