Deputies: Fivay High student tried to hire hit man to kill school staff member
HUDSON, Fla. - Deputies arrested a Fivay High School student accused of attempting to hire a hitman to kill a school staff member.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said 18-year-old Nicholas Godfrey used an Instagram account called "fivayfanclub" to send messages to another student at Fivay High School on Wednesday, saying, "I need a guy who could kill someone."
According to investigators, Godfrey said he would give the student $100,000 to kill a staff member at the school.
He then added, "No joke, I need him eliminated as soon as possible."
Deputies obtained a search warrant for the Instagram account, which showed an IP address registered to Godfrey's home.
When detectives interviewed Godfrey, they said he confessed to sending the messages as a joke and handed over the phone he used.
“It doesn’t matter if someone says I was joking, it doesn’t matter what their intent is. When you do it, when you post it out there on social media, you’ve committed that crime," Nocco said.
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Pasco County Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning said the district takes such threats seriously.
“This young man has quite honestly ruined his life by a simple threat on social media," Browning said.
Godfrey was arrested for solicitation of murder.