Former model found guilty of trying to hire a hitman to throw husband's ex-wife in a wood chipper

[davidn3600]

A former model who tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband's ex-wife has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.

Tara Lambert, 33, gave an undercover sheriff's deputy $125 as a down payment to kill Kellie Cooke, who is the mother of Lambert's two stepdaughters.

Lambert, from Circleville, Ohio, suggested the officer - who she thought was an assassin - use a wood chipper to dispose of Mrs Cooke's corpse.

The former model insisted in court that she had been joking, but a jury found her guilty on Wednesday after just 45 minutes of deliberations, the Columbus Dispatch reported.

She could face up to 11 years in jail when she is sentenced in February.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3422981/Ohio-model-guilty-trying-hire-hitman-kill-husband-s-ex-wife-dispose-corpse-using-wood-chipper.html

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Will she be a model prisoner?

[monmouth4]

2. I think she took "Fargo" way too seriously...n/t

[Nye Bevan]

3. I would never hire a hitman.

They always seem to be undercover cops. Plus, I like my wife.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. I've always wondered if this was a real problem. Or is it a problem, absent police encouragement,...

... that doesn't really exist.

Are there any real hit men that some schmuck off the street can hire? Or are they all cops?

The only cops that are real hit men only work for organized crime.

[Nye Bevan]

6. I suspect that many of the non-cop hitmen have legal problems of their own.

And they see being approached like this as a golden opportunity to cooperate, wear a wire, and help catch an attempted murderer, in exchange for making all of their other legal issues go away.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Good point.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Expert witness for the state

[pintobean]

8. $125?

[lpbk2713]

10. That's with the special "Former Model" discount.

Limited Time Only

[Initech]

9. I thought Fargo was just a movie, right?