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Guilty plea in murder for hire plot

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Posted: Sep 6, 2012 7:36 PM by Michael Marsh
Updated: Sep 6, 2012 7:36 PM
Source: Associated Press

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Topics: mayor, city attorney, Arlington, Texas, hit man, topless club

The owner of a topless club in Texas pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to a kill the Mayor and the city Attorney of Arlington. Ryan Grant admitted it before a judge and faces a minimum of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He faces sentencing in December. Grant directed a plot to kill Mayor Robert Cluck and lawyer Tom Brandt because of a dispute involving his club, Flashdancer Cabaret. The city of Arlington calls it a nuisance and links it to drugs and prostitution and is trying to revoke the club's license.

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