Joe Exotic, Murder-for-Hire, Oklahoma 2023

State: Oklahoma
Category: Violent Crime
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/grand-jury-indicts-joe-exotic-murder-hire" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

OKLAHOMA CITY – A shocking indictment has left the nation stunned as ‘Joe Exotic,’ 55, formerly of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, has been charged with two counts of hiring a person to commit murder.

According to the indictment, Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joseph Allen Maldonado and Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, allegedly gave an unnamed person $3,000 to travel from Oklahoma to South Carolina and then to Florida to carry out the murder of ‘Jane Doe’ in November 2017. He allegedly agreed to pay thousands more after the deed.

The indictment alleges that Maldonado-Passage caused the person to travel to Dallas to get fake identification for use in the plot. The person traveled from Oklahoma to South Carolina on November 26, 2017.

In a second count, the indictment alleges that beginning in July 2016, Maldonado-Passage repeatedly asked a different unnamed person to find someone to murder Jane Doe in exchange for money. The second person put Maldonado-Passage in contact with an undercover FBI agent.

Jane Doe did not suffer any physical harm, but the investigation has left many wondering how close the plot came to fruition.

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Maldonado-Passage today in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He will make his initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge today in the Pensacola Division of the Northern District of Florida, followed by further proceedings in the Western District of Oklahoma.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amanda Green and Charles W. Brown are prosecuting the case. If Maldonado-Passage is found guilty of murder-for-hire, he could be imprisoned on each count up to ten years, subject to up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 per count.

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