Florida teen arrested for allegedly seeking hit man to kill high school faculty member

“I need a guy who could kill someone,” deputies said suspect Nicholas Robert Godfrey wrote. “No joke, I need him eliminated as soon as possible."

Nov. 1, 2019, 5:16 PM EDT
By David K. Li

A Florida man was arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill a faculty member at his high school, authorities said Friday.

Nicholas Robert Godfrey, an 18-year-old senior at Fivay High School, about 40 miles north of Tampa, was charged with first-degree attempt to solicit murder, Pasco County Sheriff's deputies said.

Detectives said they have messages Godfrey wrote on Instagram seeking a professional killer.

“I need a guy who could kill someone,” Godfrey allegedly wrote in one of the messages, offering $100,000 "for the guy's head."

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Even if Godfrey had no real intentions of killing the school staffer, the threat is itself a serious crime, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.

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