Ex-Congressional candidate charged with plotting to kill husband

[Freddie Stubbs]

Associated Press


WARREN, Ohio - Federal agents arrested a one-time congressional candidate on a charge of plotting to have her husband killed.

Lawyer Maridee Costanzo of Warren was set for a court appearance Wednesday morning in Cleveland after her arrest Tuesday in the parking lot of Trumbull County Domestic Relations Court.

Costanzo paid a man $1,100 toward a $10,000 fee for arranging the killing of Roger Bauer, according to an FBI affidavit. Bauer was not harmed.

Police last month arrested Costanzo after a traffic stop. She and a man who was with her pleaded innocent to misdemeanor weapons charges.

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