Girl, 16, and boyfriend, 19, ‘busted in murder-for-hire plot to kill her stepdad after he caught them in bed’
A 16-YEAR-old girl and her boyfriend were busted in a murder-for-hire plot to kill her stepfather after he caught them in bed, cops say.
The alleged scheme involving teen suspects Angelina Peluso and Dillian Weaver was foiled when someone they asked to help went to the police, according to affidavits obtained by The Sun.
Howard Blackburn was angry after finding his stepdaughter and the 19-year-old Weaver together early Thursday morning, according to cops.
Peluso said Blackburn slapped and punched her after Weaver departed the Cascade Township home, according to an affidavit.
However, cops say Peluso lied to her boyfriend, telling him on Snapchat that her stepfather had sexually assaulted her.
Cops allege that Weaver recounted the situation to a female friend on Snapchat, and the woman said she knew someone who could handle Blackburn.
Weaver allegedly contacted that person about the murder-for-hire plan, but that person reported the plot to police.
“Baby I need you to tell me that it’s OK if this happens to him," Weaver told Peluso in a screenshot obtained by cops.
"Like you’re OK with him dying. I need confirmation msg as soon as you can about this.”
Responded Peluso: “Yes baby. I have zero affection for him. We’ve talked about it.
"I just don’t want to lose you is my concern that’s all.”
Weaver later told the informant: “I just need him gone and no questions asked yk?”
The informant, with a recording device, and an undercover trooper went to Weaver’s home and he got into their vehicle.
Weaver was heard saying he wanted "Howie" shot and "out of the picture," according to affidavits.
The court documents stated that the trooper would be in contact with Weaver after he "took care of the body."
Weaver was then arrested, and Peluso is being charged as an adult.
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They both confessed to the scheme, but Peluso told cops it was Weaver’s idea to kill her stepfather, according to .
She later claimed that she just wanted her stepfather hurt.
They were hit with multiple charges, including criminal solicitation to commit first-degree murder, and are being held in Lycoming County Prison.