Pastor in Murder-for-hire Scheme

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Deaf News Today

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pastor in Murder-for-hire Scheme

A pastor in Baltimore is accused of paying a hit man $50k to kill a blind and deaf man for insurance money. The body of Lemuel Wallace was discovered in a park bathroom earlier this year. Prosecutors say Kevin Pushia had taken out six insurance policies on Wallace for more than one million dollars. Another pastor has been arrested in South Carolina related to the same crime.

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thats pretty daring creepy! :shock:
 
Preachers are supposed to be people you can trust but Kevin Pushia is anything but trustwrothy.

BTW, I googed Lemeul Wallace and Kevin Pushia. None of the news sources indicates that Lemeul was deaf and blind. The latest update on this tragic story is at UPI.

-- A Baltimore caregiver accused in the death of a mentally disabled man was a quiet and "unremarkable" employee, a group home director said.

Kevin Jerome Pushia, 32, is accused of conspiring to have Lemuel Wallace killed for life insurance money.

Wallace, found shot to death Feb. 4 in a Baltimore park, lived in a group home run by the Arc of Baltimore where Pushia worked for four months, The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday.

Pushia carried multiple life insurance policies on Wallace and other disabled men for whom he cared, police alleged.

At the time of his arrest, Pushia had worked for 13 years as a weekend caregiver for Richcroft Inc., which manages group homes in Maryland.

David Coughlin, Richcroft's executive director, said an internal investigation showed none of the client's in the Richcroft homes was endangered.

Pushia, who has maintained his innocence, was an "unremarkable" employee, soft-spoken and quiet, Coughlin said.

"We didn't see him very often. He worked with the same group of guys for all 13 years," Coughlin said.
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