A Santa Maria man —34-year-old Alfonso Garcia Medina — was arrested Tuesday, June 8, for allegedly trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife’s boyfriend.

Alfonso Garcia Medina
SBSO

According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Drew Sugars, a detective posed as a hit man and met with Medina. They discussed a plan of attack and even negotiated a price for the murder. Medina also allegedly showed the detective a photograph of the man he wanted killed along with photos of the man’s home and vehicles.

Detectives arrested Medina on a charge of solicitation to commit murder and booked him into Santa Barbara County Jail. His bail is set at $1 million.

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