(The Hill) — A Florida girl was positioned beneath arrest and is going through costs after police say she used funds from a COVID-19-era Paycheck Safety Program mortgage to rent a hitman.
Authorities in Miami say Jasmine Martinez, 33, used a part of a $15,000 PPP mortgage to pay a hitman who allegedly shot and killed Le’Shonte Jones, 24, in entrance of her house final yr.
Martinez reportedly acquired the mortgage on April 20, 2021, and withdrew $10,000 of it from her account simply days earlier than Jones was shot to dying. Police have individually arrested Javon Carter, who they consider was the hitman, The New York Instances reported.
An arrest warrant dated Feb. 9 detailed that Martinez was arrested together with Romiel Robinson, who’s believed to be in a relationship with Martinez, on costs of conspiracy to homicide and first-degree homicide, in line with The Miami Herald.
Carter’s arrest was introduced by Miami police final week. He was charged with first-degree homicide in Jones’s case and the tried homicide of Jones’s 3-year-old daughter, who was reportedly grazed by bullets on the time, The Instances reported.
Police discovered a video on Carter’s cellphone that confirmed him counting cash simply hours after Jones’s dying, saying “simply one other day within the workplace,” the information outlet famous.
Martinez’s lawyer, Fallon Zirpoli, launched a press release Tuesday night time denying her shopper’s involvement within the incident, in line with the Instances.
“[Martinez] has at all times denied any involvement on this tragedy for the reason that first time regulation enforcement approached her final summer season,” Zirpoli reportedly stated.