The Brevard Sheriff’s Office says 33 year old Ashley Spencer, wanted to hire a hit-man to kill her husband's lover. Spencer is facing charges for solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
The target, who is not being named, is a female corrections officer in Brevard County. The husband used to be a corrections officer, but resigned earlier this summer.
The Sheriff’s office says the affair between the two corrections officers resulted in the birth of a son. Spencer allegedly was so enraged she even talked about hurting the baby, deputies said.
The plan, according to investigators, was to send the hit-man to the female officer's house, tie her up and shoot her with a .38 caliber revolver. The agreed price was $2,000.
The sheriff’s office says that what Spencer didn't know was that the hired gunman was actually an undercover agent with The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
"I believe the words she used were, ‘Do you know a felon who can help me do a job?’" said Brevard Sheriff's Spokesman Tod Goodyear. "She was serious about this plan."
The sheriff’s office says Spencer was even scheming about an alibi, where she would be and what she would be doing at the time of the murder.
Because of the jail connection, Spencer is being held in a facility outside of Brevard County on no bond.