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Inmate Indicted In Murder-For-Hire Plot

A prison inmate has been indicted on a charge that he tried to hire someone to kill a North Texas federal judge.

2013/05/16

Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck at the sentencing hearing of Ryan Grant, the man convicted of trying to have him killed. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Mayor Talks Impact Of Murder-For-Hire Plot To Kill Him

The mayor for the City of Arlington, Robert Cluck, became emotional Tuesday as he addressed the court and the man convicted and sentenced for the murder-for-hire plot to kill him.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/01/22

10 Year Sentence In Arlington Murder-For-Hire

The owner of an Arlington strip club was sentenced on Tuesday for the murder-for-hire plot that targeted Arlingon Mayor Robert Cluck and a Dallas attorney who represented the city in a legal battle.

2013/01/22

Inmate Accused In District Judge Murder-For-Hire Plot

An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fort Worth was a suspected criminal, but the charges he faced involved taxes. Now the 71-year-old is accused of being the mastermind behind a murder-for-hire plot against a federal judge.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/10/01

Strip club owner Ryan Walker Grant was arrested on April 9 for attempting to put a hit on two Arlington city officials. (Credit: City of Arlington)

Suspect Pleads Guilty In Mayor Murder Plot

The Arlington strip club owner accused of plotting to kill Mayor Robert Cluck entered a guilty plea Thursday.

2012/09/06

John Franklin Howard has been charged with criminal solicitation of capital murder. (credit: Carrollton Police Department)

Carrollton Man Charged In Alleged Hit Man Plot

The attack on a woman in Carrollton has had a bizarre development with the arrest of her own husband.

2012/08/28

FBI Seize Cache Of Weapons From Man Accused of Targeting Arlington Mayor

FBI agents raided the Kennedale home of Ryan Walker Grant and found 22 guns and more than 160 rounds of ammo, according to a search warrant.

2012/04/12

Other Arlington Leaders Threatened In Murder-For-Hire Case

The Arlington mayor, targeted this week in an alleged murder for hire plot, is not the only high ranking official in the city to be threatened in the last year.

2012/04/11