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Woman arrested for soliciting murder of JCPS employee in 2016
An FBI raid in Tampa has led to an arrest connected to the murder of Louisville mother Angelina Pressley. Author: Taylor Weiter Updated: 11:42 PM EST March 2, 2021
TAMPA, Fla. A woman has been charged with soliciting two others to kill a federal witness in 2016.
Lesa Andrade was arrested in Tampa after an FBI raid on Feb. 25. FBI Louisville s Tim Beam said Andrade has been charged with solicitation to commit a crime of violence in connection to the murder of JCPS employee Angelina Pressley.
On May 8, 2016, the FBI said Pressley was murdered in front of her eight-year-old son outside her Okolona apartment. Three years later, Bobby Lee Smith and Cynthia Allen were arrested and indicted in Pressley s killing.
FBI raid in New Tampa has links to Kentucky Medicare fraud, murder-for-hire
The owner of the home, Lesa Denice Andrade, 61, faces up to 20 years in prison for soliciting two others to kill a witness, the FBI said.
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Lesa Andrade, 61, of New Tampa, was arrested Feb. 25 in a federal murder-for-hire case. She was being held in the Pinellas County Jail, awaiting a hearing Wednesday in Kentucky federal court. [ Pinellas County Sheriff s Office ]
Updated Mar. 1
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