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The Eastlake Conspiracy

Dateline NBC

NBC News

True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When Ohio resident Pat Sabo is offered $50,000 to kill someone hundreds of miles away, he calls the police to report the incident. Acting quickly, investigators set up an elaborate sting operation to bring down those behind the murder-for-hire plot. Andrea Canning reports.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You get a knock at your door that would change your life.

0:04.5

Yeah, that was a pretty dark time.

0:07.0

She was shocked.

0:09.0

The last thing that you expect to hear is police officer telling you that somebody's trying to kill your husband.

0:15.0

So murder for hire. It's very serious.

0:18.0

You offered me $50,000 to do this. I was not going to let this happen.

0:23.0

You were an undercover officer?

0:25.0

The undercover hitman. I had to totally change how I acted, talked, everything.

0:30.0

You're sure you want this gun? I'm positive. I am positive in my money.

0:35.0

One mistake could blow this whole operation.

0:37.0

Absolutely.

0:40.0

The seconds are ticking away.

0:42.0

It was all or nothing.

0:43.0

This isn't a hardened criminal. This is a soccer mob.

0:46.0

It was hell. It was hell.

1:00.0

Along the shores of Majestic Lake Erie, not far from Cleveland, lies a little known city named East Lake Ohio.

1:07.0

It's more of a suburb.

1:10.0

You get nice properties with decent sized yards.

1:13.0

And gorgeous waterfront views. It's the kind of place folks settled or raised a family.

1:18.0

Quiet and safe.

1:20.0

You never hear about murder or stuff like that.

1:24.0

But that wholesome image was about to be shattered.

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