Josiah Ernesto Garcia, of the Tennessee Air National Guard, applies for hitman job at satire website
Josiah Ernesto Garcia contacted a parody website, “RENT-A-HITMAN,” to offer his skillsets as a member of the Tennessee Air National Guard. Garcia was hoping to land a job with them as a hitman for hire. He showcased his military experience and his expertise with the rifle. Garcia made multiple contact attempts with the website. The FBI got involved. Working together with the website, the FBI fooled Garcia into thinking that he was going forward with being hired and then with being assigned a hit job.
From the Military Times:
Rather than focus his job search on an accredited platform, Garcia sent multiple follow up emails to the site. The FBI eventually intervened, instructing the website owner to set up a “phone interview” with the aspiring hitman.
“I’ve been looking into this for some time now. I was looking for a way to make good money,” Garcia reportedly told the FBI, saying in another email to the website owner that he wanted a good paying job to support a child he had on the way.
In the interview, Garcia also reportedly said he would be comfortable with taking fingers or ears as trophies, or performing torture at a client’s request.
After seemingly passing his phone introduction, Garcia met with an undercover FBI agent on April 6 in Nashville, Tennessee. The agent told him he did not have to go through with the scheme, and could walk away at any time, but Garcia reportedly assured the agent he was in.
A few days later, undercover FBI agents messaged Garcia saying a job was available. Another meeting was then arranged at a public park outside Nashville.
During the rendezvous, the agent gave Garcia a “target package” consisting of photographs and a description of a fictional target’s name, weight, age, height, address and employment information. The agent told him the client would pay $5,000 for the target to be killed.
Garcia allegedly asked if he needed to take a photo of the dead person’s body as proof the job was complete. The FBI then arrested him.
The Military Times has the rest of the story. The parody site could be viewed at this link.
Category: "Teh Stoopid", Air National Guard
