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12-09-2005, 04:25 PM
Woman mistakes cheese for cocaine, hires hitman
December 6, 2005 - wmcstations.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis say a woman mistook a block of white cheese for a cocaine stash and tried to hire a hitman to kill four men and steal it.
Police say Jessica Sandy Booth was mistaken about the hitman, too. He was an undercover policeman.
Jessica Sandy Booth, 18, was arrested over the weekend and remains in jail with bond set at $1 million on four charges of attempted murder and four counts of soliciting a murder.
According to police, Booth was in the Memphis home of the four intended victims last week when she mistook a block of queso fresco cheese for cocaine â?? inspiring the idea to hire someone to break into the home, take the drugs, and kill the men.
An informant described the plot to police, who arranged a meeting between Booth and the undercover officer.
The undercover officer gave Booth some nonfunctioning handguns, bought ammunition for her because she was too young, and the two proceeded to the home under police surveillance.
Authorities say Booth was in the men's house recently and thought a block of queso fresco cheese was cocaine. The cheese is used in cooking. Police say Booth -- an aspiring model -- told the hitman she needed 79-hundred dollars to pay a modeling agency.The undercover officer was recording Booth's conversation and police say they have her saying any children old enough to testify would have to be killed as well.
People in the home gave police permission to search it. They found only the cheese.
December 6, 2005 - wmcstations.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis say a woman mistook a block of white cheese for a cocaine stash and tried to hire a hitman to kill four men and steal it.
Police say Jessica Sandy Booth was mistaken about the hitman, too. He was an undercover policeman.
Jessica Sandy Booth, 18, was arrested over the weekend and remains in jail with bond set at $1 million on four charges of attempted murder and four counts of soliciting a murder.
According to police, Booth was in the Memphis home of the four intended victims last week when she mistook a block of queso fresco cheese for cocaine â?? inspiring the idea to hire someone to break into the home, take the drugs, and kill the men.
An informant described the plot to police, who arranged a meeting between Booth and the undercover officer.
The undercover officer gave Booth some nonfunctioning handguns, bought ammunition for her because she was too young, and the two proceeded to the home under police surveillance.
Authorities say Booth was in the men's house recently and thought a block of queso fresco cheese was cocaine. The cheese is used in cooking. Police say Booth -- an aspiring model -- told the hitman she needed 79-hundred dollars to pay a modeling agency.The undercover officer was recording Booth's conversation and police say they have her saying any children old enough to testify would have to be killed as well.
People in the home gave police permission to search it. They found only the cheese.