Ill. sheriff charged with murder-for-hire

[The Straight Story]

Ill. sheriff charged with murder-for-hire

MURPHYSBORO, Ill., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- An Illinois sheriff, his wife and son have been arrested and charged with solicitation of murder for hire, officials say.

Jackson County, Ill., officials said Gallatin County, Ill., Sheriff Raymond Martin, 47, his 36-year-old wife Kristina Martin and his son, Cody Martin, 20, were arrested Saturday and charged with murder-for-hire, The (Carbondale, Ill.) Southern Illinoisan, reported.

The newspaper said all three were being held in the Jackson County Jail in Murphysboro, Ill., with bond set at $1 million each. Officials said the three are expected to make their first court appearance Tuesday.

The Southern Illinoisan said Sheriff Martin had already been arrested on drug-dealing charges. He was reportedly indicted on three counts of distribution of marijuana and two counts of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/01/04/Ill-sheriff-charged-with-murder-for-hire/UPI-71681262634499/

[monmouth]

1. Just called a friend of mine who went to school in Carbondale and

then went with Ill. State Police. She knows this guy very well. Loose cannon.....Haha I'd say.

[Flaneur]

2. The dope-dealing sheriff tried to make his problems go away.

But instead they just got worse.

[madrchsod]

3. my friends kin lives on the ohio river side of illinois

it`s a different world down there...his kin`s county sheriff and deputies all did hard time in prison.the biggest industry before the drug craze was hunting and prositution...

[surrealAmerican]

4. So, the sheriff tried to hire a hit man?

That's the sort of scandal that can really tear a community apart.