Murder-for-Hire Plot Busted in Murrieta

0:00FBI agents just busted a murder for higher plot and murried at a California arresting three men and a woman tied to the scheme. Two of the guys, James Petrie and Kenneth Ray Maxwell from Birmingham, face charges of murder, murder for financial gain, and conspiracy to commit murder. Another man, Jerry Wheeler, got hit with the same counts. The whole thing kicked off after a man turned of dead on January 13 inside the Arbor's at California Oaks Apartments. Petrie got nabbed first on January 29, while Maxwell and Wheeler went down on March 18. Ignatia Perkins, the 40-year-old ex-girlfriend of the victim, rounded out the arrests. Local cops and the FBI's Birmingham Safe Streets Task Force teamed up tight to make it happen, pulling these suspects off the streets. In the bust, they seized more than 10 weapons, including suppressors, plus over 2.5 kilograms of illegal drugs. Officials are stressing how key these partnerships are in tackling violent crime, head-on.

1:00All four presumed innocent until proven guilty, but this case shows how far reaching these plots can go, even crossing state lines from Alabama to California. Stay tuned as it unfolds. That's your update from Birmingham News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.