Chicago woman is jailed for trying to hire hitman to kill new lover of her cop ex-girlfriend who serves as bodyguard for city’s mayor Lori Lightfoot: Wanted victim to be burned alive in car
- Lissette Ortiz, 56, was sentenced to ten years for trying to hire someone to abduct and kill the woman who was dating her ex-girlfriend Marni Washington
- Her ex Marni Washington is a 17-year Chicago PD veteran and officer assigned to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security detail
- In August 2019 Washington was acquitted of the domestic battery charges after Ortiz accused the officer of abusing her
- Ortiz met with the undercover police officer in November 2019 and she told him to abduct the woman then set the car on fire with the woman inside it
- She wanted her intended victim, who hasn't been named, to be locked in a car that would then be set alight.
- Ortiz, who was sentenced to 10 years, was given credit for the 697 days she has been jailed and will be eligible for parole in November 2024
A Chicago woman was charged for attempting to hire a hitman to take out the new girlfriend of her police officer ex who serves as mayor Lori Lightfoot's bodyguard.
Lissette Ortiz, 56, was sentenced to ten years in prison for trying to hire someone to abduct and kill the woman who was dating her ex-girlfriend Marni Washington, a 17-year Chicago PD veteran and officer assigned to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security detail, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
Ortiz was facing serious charges, including solicitation of murder for hire over the plot which saw her ask for her intended victim - who hasn't been named - to be burned alive in a car.
But after striking a deal with prosecutors the more serious charges were dropped and Ortiz pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of soliciting a kidnapping, the Sun Times reported.
Lissette Ortiz, 56, (pictured) was sentenced to ten years in jail for trying to hire someone to abduct and kill the woman who was dating her ex-girlfriend Marni Washington
Her ex, Marni Washington (pictured) is a 17-year Chicago PD veteran
Ortiz and Washington's relationship came to an end when Ortiz accused the former officer of abusing her.
She claimed that Washington had pinned her down by the arm as she tried to leave their shared home.
But in August 2019 Washington was acquitted of the domestic battery charges and a judge issued an order of protection that barred contact between the two, Chicago Tribune reported.
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Months later in November 2019 Ortiz was arrested after she hired an undercover cop she believed was a hitman to kill a woman she thought was Washington's new girlfriend.
The 56-year-old initially sought out her apartment building's handyman to kill the woman, offering him $5,000 or $500 and a new TV or to find her a someone else to do the job.
Washington is a Chicago PD officer assigned to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (pictured) security detail
He immediately contacted police, who told him to go along with her request then give her the name of an undercover cop.
Ortiz met with the undercover police officer in a parking lot where they spoke for an hour.
She told the cop that she wanted him to abduct the woman then drive to a remote location and set the car on fire with the woman inside it.
She told the undercover cop she wanted the murder done before Thanksgiving so that Washington and her partner could not spend the holiday together at the home she once shared with Ortiz.
According to prosecutors in Chicago, Ortiz said she planned on fleeing to Puerto Rico once the other woman was dead.
Ortiz, who was sentenced to 10 years, was given credit for the 697 days she has been jailed and will be eligible for parole in November 2024, the Sun Times reported.
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