The FBI Boston's Violent Crimes Task Force has arrested and charged two men, Elijah Melton and Kareem Pires, with allegedly conspiring to commit multiple murders for hire. The targets included a key witness in a federal drug trial, two prosecutors involved in the case, and two rival gang members. The men, from Middleboro and Wareham, Massachusetts, were allegedly plotting these assassinations in connection with their federal fentanyl distribution and drug-trafficking charges, feds say.
Two Massachusetts men have been charged in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot against a witness in a federal drug case, prosecutors said. https://t.co/pYSd8u1YJE
2 Mass. men charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot against federal witness https://t.co/AKriZ4grYV
A Middleboro and a Wareham man are charged with trying to have a key witness, as well as two prosecutors, in their federal fentanyl distribution case — as well as two rival gang members — assassinated. https://t.co/5fVmH2QSOQ
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#BREAKING: #FBI Boston's Violent Crimes Task Force has arrested & charged two men, Elijah Melton & Kareem Pires, with allegedly conspiring to commit murders for hire, including a witness in a federal drug trial as well as two rivals. https://t.co/FAibuleVCb