he meant valerie s ex-husband mack. that s right, this murder-for-hire was a double plot a two-fer. it seemed leon and valerie both wanted their exes dead. leon and taz left the table for a smoke and valerie talked specifics with adam about how he could bump off her ex-husband. he could have a boating accident. no? harder? the undercover officer suggested some simpler execution options take his car, leave him on the street. make sure he s dead. maybe put another bullet in his head. we call that a double tap. they ll think it was a robbery. but first adam wanted to know: was she sure? you need to give me the go-ahead. there s no going back on this, okay. what option do i have? he s gonna take my daughter. of course, explained adam, a second target would cost extra money. leon returned to the table to negotiate a payment plan. after after everything is done we ll take care of it listening in from a nearby
so police told taz to call leon. they recorded the call. hello? hey! what s up, man! how you doing, buddy? pretty good. hey, listen i m going to set up a meeting with you tomorrow, so we can finish this. ok? ok. taz told leon he was bringing a partner. i m gonna bring with me the navy seal guy because he wants you know so we can this done taz didn t tell leon. his new partner was really an undercover police officer. then leon said something taz wasn t expecting. we re taking care of both problems? what both problems? both of the individuals that we re talking about. taz looked at me and shrugged his shoulders a second potential victim has just been added to the mix yes, right. yes. leon agreed to meet at an olive garden restaurant with taz and, the undercover officer, who went by adam we ve agreed not to show his face. what is the goal of this meeting? make sure that this really is
their first priority, locate the elusive zach, the guy leon asked the bail bondsman about. the guy who may have been a hitman. they searched databases knocked on doors and they found him his real name was moataz azzeh, or taz for short. and he said, we need to talk. taz said they had him all wrong. he was no hitman but they were right about leon. he wanted to get rid of meaghan. his main goal was that she not appear in court. whatever means that required that to happen, that was fine with leon, up to killing her. taz said leon gave him $9980 in cash and a couple of fancy watches to do the job. but taz said he had no intention of doing it. his story was he he was playing leon. he wasn t ever gonna do the hit. but taz told police he had no doubt. leon still wanted it done. taz also said he was willing to work with the them to help catch leon.