Crime & Safety

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Judge

A Florida man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of conspiring to murder the U.S. District Judge and a prosecutor who presided over the boiler room fraud conviction of Dejvid Mirkovic's co-conspirator, Levittown resident Joseph Romano.

Romano and Mirkovic, 38, of Lake Worth, Florida, attempted to hire a hitman and pay him $40,000 in order to kill the judge and prosecutor of the case, according to case filings.

Mirkovic paid the undercover officer $22,000 in cash as a down payment for the murders of the federal judge and the federal prosecutor, records show.

Mirkovic admitted under oath that he agreed to kill the federal judge and the federal prosecutor in retaliation for the performance of their duties, according to case filings. He will be sentenced on June 19, 2013 at 3 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.

Romano is currently serving a 15-year sentence following his conviction for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud.

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