Teen Arrested After Hiring Hitman To Kill School Employee

A Florida teen was arrested after he allegedly hired a hitman to kill a staff member at his high school.

Fox 13 Tampa reports 18-year-old Nicolas Godfrey was arrested and charged with solicitation to commit murder after hiring a hitman to kill a staff member of Fivay High School for $100,000. Godrey asked another student on Instagram if they could carry out the job and said: “No joke, I need him eliminated as soon as possible.”

The Pasco Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Godfrey confessed to sending the messages after investigators obtained a warrant for his Instagram account and used the IP address to track his address.

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Principal Jason Joens posted on the school’s official Facebook page about the situation and thanked the investigators for preventing a tragedy.

“I want to thank the Pasco Sheriff’s Office and Corporal Josh Peters for their intensive work and resources used to identify and arrest this student,”

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