County supervisor’s jailed son investigated in murder-for-hire plot
By John Scheibe, Ventura County Star, Calif. | |
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The conspiracy, in which two other men were arrested, would have been funded with proceeds from insurance and credit card fraud, authorities said.
Authorities said the roots of the conspiracy were revealed in a
Authorities said they were monitoring as Foy II called
What Foy II didn't know, authorities said, was that the person was an undercover police agent.
Investigators said the undercover agent met with Adams in
Investigators allege Adams and Toncher later asked the undercover agent to kill two
Investigators said Toncher allegedly agreed to fund the killing of the Simi residents with profits from the identity theft and insurance fraud scheme.
Authorities said officers arrested Adams and Toncher on Thursday. They face charges of conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder and identity theft/fraud, authorities said.
They were booked into county jail, where they were being held Friday, with bail for each set at
"There's a lot of evidence that needs to be gone through," Pentis said.
Investigators also said the two intended murder victims were alerted of the plot.
The drug case that's landed Foy II behind bars is at least the second he's faced.
He was sentenced to a year in jail in
He was still on probation when he we was arrested again in
He pleaded guilty
Supervisor Foy was contacted by phone Friday evening, but declined to comment, saying it was the first time he had heard about the latest investigation. On the
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