Robert Charles Thomas Sr Wiki – Robert Charles Thomas Sr Biography

A 38-year-old man Robert Charles Thomas Sr in Minnesota has been arrested for allegedly offering to pay a hit man $50,000 to kill a family member who was also having an affair with his wife. However, the murder-for-hire plot was foiled when the person he tried to hire for the job turned out to be an undercover law enforcement officer, according to a press release from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).

Robert Charles Thomas Sr. was arrested Monday and charged with one felony conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, jail records show. He is currently being held on a $250,000 bond. According to a copy of the criminal complaint filed in Todd County District Court, Thomas believed that in addition to getting rid of his wife’s lover, the death of the family member would also result in a “substantial” endowment for him. Minneapolis Fox affiliate KMSP reported.

“Thomas reportedly believed that he would inherit a substantial amount of money and property upon the death of the family member,” the document reported. “Another possible motive for the alleged murder-for-hire plot is that the targeted family member is currently romantically involved with Thomas’s wife.”

Robert Charles Thomas Sr Age

The age of Robert Charles Thomas Sr is 38 years.

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Charges on Robert Charles Thomas Sr

The investigation into Thomas reportedly began in March, when an informant, whose name is not listed in court documents, allegedly informed the Todd County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) that Thomas in 2021 had paid someone $10,000 to to kill the family member. According to the report, the informant said that in the summer of 2021, the hitman entered the family member’s home, but left without shooting anyone. BCA and TCSO agents then scheduled a meeting where an undercover agent posing as a hitman met the informant and Thomas in a grocery store parking lot on April 6.

Thomas and the undercover agent reportedly talked inside the undercover’s vehicle for approximately an hour. The conversation, which was recorded, included Thomas saying that he wanted the other man to “go away” and providing details about the family member’s daily habits, standard travel routes and descriptions of his vehicle.

“Thomas made it clear that he wanted the attacked family member killed, to ‘just leave,’ rather than simply injure or maim them,” court documents reported. “The undercover agent gave Thomas a phone number to call if he changed his mind about going ahead, as the murder would happen early Monday morning if Thomas didn’t call it off. He would have a long Easter weekend to think about it.”

Investigators say Thomas allegedly confessed to hiring the hitman in 2021 and further agreed to pay who he believed to be the new hitman $50,000, which would come in installments from funds he would inherit in the event of the death of the member of the gang. family. Additionally, Thomas reportedly regretted not killing the family member himself.

“[Thomas] encouraged the undercover officer to kill the targeted family member whenever the opportunity arose over the long weekend,” the complaint states, according to the Star Tribune, adding that a “settlement agreement” had been reached. murder-for-hire” and that Thomas “did not cancel” before the murder was supposed to take place. After he was arrested at his workplace, authorities said Thomas “largely acknowledged that all of the events stated” in the court documents did in fact take place “as described,” according to the Tribune.Read More……