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A judge Friday sentenced 18-year-old Joseph R. Garcia to two years probation for finding two men to kill his friend’s parents at the request of the friend.
Jacob Jett, his accomplice, wanted to kill his parents, Robyn and Richard Parnell of Independence.
Garcia, of Independence, told Kansas City police investigators last February that Jett, asked him if he knew “someone who would kill someone for money,” according to court records. Garcia introduced Jett to two men, Russell Anderson and Nick Dobbins, who later contacted police.
Garcia pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted second-degree murder.
On Friday, Jackson County Circuit Judge John Torrence sentenced him to two years of probation.
The Parnells asked Torrence to be lenient with Garcia. The judge took that into consideration by giving Garcia probation instead of prison time. Each charge carried a prison term of five to 15 years.
Torrence told Garcia he has been given a “gift” in the sentence. He ordered Garcia to get his GED, hold down a job and have no contact with Jett.
Garcia apologized for his actions.
Jett also pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree attempted murder. He too was sentenced to two years probation.
Court documents give the following account of the crime:
Investigators went to the Clay County Detention Center last February to contact Russell Anderson, who was being held on a probation violation. Anderson said he had information on a murder for hire.
Anderson told police he and Nicholas E. Dobbins had been contacted in January by Jett and Garcia. Jett told them he “wished to have his parents murdered.”
Anderson and Dobbins were given two .22-caliber pistols, .38-caliber pistol, $260 cash, a debit card with the PIN and the alarm code to the Parnell’s home in the 18000 block of Cliff Drive in Independence.
Jett was arrested three days after Anderson told investigators about the plot.
Robyn Parnell told police she noticed $300 had been withdrawn from her checking account without her permission, and Richard Parnell noticed he was missing two .22-caliber pistols and a .38-caliber pistol from his gun collection.
Garcia told police he introduced Anderson and Dobbins to Jett for the purpose of hiring them to kill Jett’s parents.
A judge Friday sentenced 18-year-old Joseph R. Garcia to two years probation for finding two men to kill his friend’s parents at the request of the friend.
Jacob Jett, his accomplice, wanted to kill his parents, Robyn and Richard Parnell of Independence.
Garcia, of Independence, told Kansas City police investigators last February that Jett, asked him if he knew “someone who would kill someone for money,” according to court records. Garcia introduced Jett to two men, Russell Anderson and Nick Dobbins, who later contacted police.
Garcia pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted second-degree murder.
On Friday, Jackson County Circuit Judge John Torrence sentenced him to two years of probation.
The Parnells asked Torrence to be lenient with Garcia. The judge took that into consideration by giving Garcia probation instead of prison time. Each charge carried a prison term of five to 15 years.
Torrence told Garcia he has been given a “gift” in the sentence. He ordered Garcia to get his GED, hold down a job and have no contact with Jett.
Garcia apologized for his actions.
Jett also pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree attempted murder. He too was sentenced to two years probation.
Court documents give the following account of the crime:
Investigators went to the Clay County Detention Center last February to contact Russell Anderson, who was being held on a probation violation. Anderson said he had information on a murder for hire.
Anderson told police he and Nicholas E. Dobbins had been contacted in January by Jett and Garcia. Jett told them he “wished to have his parents murdered.”
Anderson and Dobbins were given two .22-caliber pistols, .38-caliber pistol, $260 cash, a debit card with the PIN and the alarm code to the Parnell’s home in the 18000 block of Cliff Drive in Independence.
Jett was arrested three days after Anderson told investigators about the plot.
Robyn Parnell told police she noticed $300 had been withdrawn from her checking account without her permission, and Richard Parnell noticed he was missing two .22-caliber pistols and a .38-caliber pistol from his gun collection.
Garcia told police he introduced Anderson and Dobbins to Jett for the purpose of hiring them to kill Jett’s parents.
