The US Attorney’s Office has announced that two men have been indicted in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against two federal prosecutors and a witness. Elijah Melton, 26, from Taunton, and Kareempires, 25, from Wareham, are facing charges of conspiracy to tamper with a witness or informant by killing or attempting to kill, as well as conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in commission of murder-for-hire.
Melton is also facing three counts of solicitation to commit a crime of violence. The two are being held in federal custody in Rhode Island and will be arraigned at a later date.
The charges stem from a federal criminal complaint that was first filed in Massachusetts in the alleged murder-for-hire plot against the two prosecutors and a witness associated with a criminal matter that is currently pending before the US District Court in Massachusetts. The investigation into the alleged murder-for-hire plot was conducted by the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service for the District of Massachusetts with assistance from the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island.
The US Attorney’s Office in Rhode Island is prosecuting the case.
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