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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Louisiana healthcare millionaire pleads guilty to kidnap plot against his ex-wife which unraveled when the two captors he hired DROWNED while trying to escape police with hostage who survived in back of van
2021-07-31
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Note: when trying to escape from the Po-Po by jumping in a canal, make sure you can swim first
  • Lawrence Michael Handley, 53, plotted to have his ex-wife Schanda kidnapped

  • The pair married in 2006 but divorced in 2017; that year, he started using drugs

  • He'd made his fortune in rehab centers and launching companies that sold vitamins, among other things

  • In August 2017, while high on meth and cocaine, Handley paid Sylvester Bracey and Arsenio Haynes to kidnap his wife

  • They went to her home, put a bag over her head and put her in their van

  • As they fled, they hit traffic and started speeding up the shoulder of the road

  • It attracted the attention of a cop who chased them; the men crashed, fled on foot, then jumped into a canal where they drowned

  • Schanda survived and was found in the back of the van; Handley was found in a hotel four days later

  • He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 2 charges and now faces 35 years behind bars
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Should've hired a legit divorce lawyer. You loose your arse but not yer life.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-07-31 22:51  

#7  It helps if you know a guy who knows a guy. Otherwise, you risk ending up talking to an FBI 'informant' over coffee in some diner.

Used to be you could look in the classifieds: Have gun. Will travel. But they cracked down on that along with the s3x ads. Maybe try Angie's List?
Posted by: SteveS   2021-07-31 18:34  

#6  #4 Professionals hire out to civilians?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-07-31 18:11  

#5  I don't recall planning a kidnapping being on Heinlein's list of skills. I'm a big believer in do-it-yourself, but sometimes you are better off just contracting the whole mess out to professionals.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-07-31 18:04  

#4  Hire professionals. Not gangsters. The mafia would have done quick work.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-07-31 16:48  

#3  ^^-- And have the ability to swim a job requirement.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-07-31 16:44  

#2  From the visuals he really scrimped on the henchmen. Never go cheap on henchmen.
Posted by: Cesare   2021-07-31 14:47  

#1  Now you know why I always stay in the boat.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-07-31 11:40  

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