Tennessee Air National Guardsman arrested for hitman application on spoof website.

A 21-year-old Air National Guardsman from Tennessee, Josiah Ernesto Garcia, has been charged with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder for hire after he applied to be a contract killer online for $5,000. Garcia sent in an inquiry indicating he was interested in employment as a hitman and submitted other identification documents and a resume, indicating he was an expert marksman and employed in the Air National Guard since July 2021. An FBI undercover agent then began communicating with Garcia who subsequently agreed to kill an individual for $5,000. Garcia faces up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted.