Florida teen charged with trying to hire hitman to kill high school staffer

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Florida teen has been arrested and accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a staff member at his high school, authorities said Friday.

Nicholas Godfrey, 18, a student at Fivay High School in Hudson, was charged late Thursday with solicitation to commit murder, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies say Godfrey sent an Instagram message to another Fivay student this week that said, “I need a guy who could kill someone,” Fox 13 Tampa reported.

According to investigators, Godfrey said in another message he would give the student $100,000 to kill a staff member at the school, the station reported.

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Article URL: https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-teen-hire-hit-man-kill-high-school-staffer