One-time Senate candidate in Tennessee accused of trying to have uncle killed
A former U.S. Senate candidate from Tennessee was arrested after allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill his uncle, CNN affiliate WJHL reports.
Thomas Ken Owens offered a man $500 as a down payment to kill the relative, who is a pastor and bailiff the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
WJHL identified Owens as a one-time Senate candidate.
A message left by CNN at Owens' residence was not immediately returned. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
According to court documents, posted online by the Johnson City Press, Owens met up Friday evening with someone who he thought was a hit man in the parking lot of a sports bar, and provided the photo and address of his uncle, Ernest "Ernie" Widby. He didn't realize that the purported hit man was an informant.
full: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/25/justice/hired-hit-man-for-uncle/index.html
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