Crime & Public Safety

Police charge Florida man who hired hitman who killed wrong guy

By Chelsea Todaro
June 11, 2015

A man from Florida and two others are now facing charges in a 9-year-old homicide, WESH.com reports.

According to authorities, Joseph Rosebrook,  59, of Saint Cloud, Fla., hired Chad South, 45, of Ohio, to kill a man named Daniel Ott. Apparently, there was more than one Daniel Ott in the area -- because the Daniel Ott that was slain was not the same man that Rosebrook allegedly wanted dead.

Another man involved in the plot was identified as 57-year-old Carl Rosebrook, who was also from Ohio, police say. All three men were arrested on June 1 and charged with conspiracy and aggravated murder on Wednesday.

Joseph Rosebrook is currently in prison, serving time for felony battery.

Read the full story at WESH.com 

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