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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Friday, February 3rd. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, a Camden County man pleaded guilty to paying tens of thousands of dollars as part of a plot to have a 14-year-old murdered.

The U.S. Attorney Office for New Jersey says 31-year-old John Muspa of Hadd entered the plea in federal court on Thursday.

Investigators said in 2015, he was exchanging pornographic videos and pictures with the victim who was 13 years old at the time.

According to court documents, the victim's parents were the ones who found the messages exchanged with Musba and on the online chat room and they notified authorities.

In May of 2016, authorities say that Musbaugh repeatedly communicated with an administrator of a purported murder for hire website, intending

to have the teenager killed so the victim couldn't testify in court.

Was this one of those websites that was hire a killer.com type of thing where these idiots

think that they can actually do that?

Right, correct.

It was not a real, yeah.

Well, this guy's psycho, first of all.

Putting a hit out.

And insanely stupid on top of it. Yeah. So rather than, yeah, he's thinking, kill the witness. Yes. Kill this person. Wow. That's insane. If you need a hitman. Day or night. I'm a shop and I'll kill that man for $9.95. I know some of my competitors will do it for more money, but yeah, it's so crazy.

But these things consist. I'll kill that man for $9.95. I know some of my competitors will do it for more money, but yeah, it's so crazy.

But these things consistently drawing people.

Happen, right?

Even with all the stories about people getting caught up in it.

Seriously.

So he asked if a 14-year-old was too young of a target and was told that would not be a problem.

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