Thought that woman who used Rentahitman.com to try and kill her husband was the peak of stupidity? She’s not alone and another person faces a lengthy prison term.
A Department of Justice press release reveals that an Air National Guardsman from Tennessee was arrested after trying to get hired as a sniper for hire. On RentAHitman.com, a parody website so obvious, almost no one would believe it to be a criminal marketplace.
Nonetheless, 21 year-old Josia Ernesto Garcia signed up to it and submitted his ID, his resume AND a cover letter where he bragged about his marksmanship.
Alerted by the seriousness of his application, RentAHitman’s owners contacted the FBI, who set up a sting. There, Garcia agreed to kill someone for just $5000 – and was arrested for it.
Now, he faces up to 10 years in jail.
From the Department of Justice press release:
“NASHVILLE – A Hermitage, Tennessee, man is facing federal charges after meeting with an undercover FBI agent to culminate a deal to murder an individual for payment, announced U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis.
Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, was charged yesterday in a criminal complaint with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.
According to the complaint, Garcia needed money to support his family and in mid-February began searching online for contract mercenary jobs and came across the website www.rentahitman.com
Originally created in 2005 to advertise a cyber security startup company, the company failed and over the next decade it received many inquiries about murder-for-hire services. The website’s administrator then converted the website to a parody site that contains false testimonials from those who have purported to use hit man services, and an intake form where people can request services. The website also has an option for someone to apply to work as a hired killer.
Garcia submitted an employment inquiry indicating that he was interested in obtaining employment as a hit man. Garcia followed up on this initial request and submitted other identification documents and a resume, indicating he was an expert marksman and employed in the Air National Guard since July 2021. The resume also indicated that Garcia was nicknamed “Reaper” which was earned from military experience and marksmanship. Garcia continued to follow up with the website administrator indicating that he wanted to go to work as soon as possible.”
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