PORTLAND — Police in Eugene, Ore., arrested a man accused of trying to hire a hit man to run a neighbor off the road.
Police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said in a news release that police arrested Jeffrey Wright Leonard, 57, on charges of solicitation for murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Sgt. Scott McKee told reporters at police headquarters that a 30-year-old jail inmate told a deputy that Leonard hired him to kill his neighbor by ramming his vehicle into a pole on Highway 99. McKee wouldn’t say how much money Leonard allegedly offered.
The inmate said Leonard provided his neighbor’s route to work, a description of his car and the license plate number.
