Ohio teacher attempted to pay student $2K to kill estranged husband in failed murder-for-hire plot

An Ohio substitute teacher is accused of offering a pupil $2,000 to termination her estranged hubby earlier the teenager's parent caught upwind of the murder-for-hire crippled and alerted authorities.

Stephanie Demetrius, 44, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree conspiracy for the connection to a lad astatine The Academy For Urban Scholars High School successful Columbus, WSYX reported.

Demetrius approached a pupil astatine the schoolhouse connected March 26 and offered $2,000 to transportation retired the execution of her soon-to-be ex-husband. The pupil was initially paid $250 successful currency arsenic a down payment.

"This peculiar teacher was attempting to groom this young idiosyncratic into committing murder," Columbus Division of Police Sgt. James Fuqua told WSYX.

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Stephanie Demetrius, 44, was charged with first-degree conspiracy. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office)

The program was foiled erstwhile the student’s ma discovered texts connected her son's telephone betwixt him and Demetrius. The teenager's parent past reported the incidental to the police.

"Without their help, immoderate of this mightiness not person travel to light," Fuqua said. "This was a concern wherever a genitor was capable to seizure things wrong this young person's telephone and interaction authorities."

In a recorded telephone telephone betwixt the pupil and Demetrius, the substitute teacher told the pupil that helium would person the remainder of the payment, saying she owed an further "15."

The substitute teacher besides gave the pupil accusation astir erstwhile her children would beryllium retired of the home, truthful helium could termination her estranged husband, who worked from home, tribunal records show, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

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Demetrius approached a pupil astatine the schoolhouse connected March 26 and offered $2,000 to transportation retired the execution of her soon-to-be ex-husband. (iStock)

"When asked if the neighbors would perceive the gunfire, she advised that they don't attraction astir the neighbors," tribunal records state, the outlet reported.

Demetrius and her hubby person been joined since 2004 but were going done divorcement proceedings, tribunal records show.

She appeared successful Franklin County Municipal Court connected Thursday morning, with her nationalist defender denying the allegations and criticizing them arsenic fabrication.

Prosecutor Parker Schwartz said Demetrius's estranged hubby had received a extortion bid against her. Schwartz besides noted that Demetrius had exhibited "possessive and controlling behavior," had intelligence wellness issues and had antecedently made homicidal threats.

The program was foiled erstwhile the student’s ma discovered texts connected her son's phone. (iStock)

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Court filings amusement she has antecedently been accused of assaulting her estranged hubby and immoderate of her children, mounting a occurrence successful her home's basement, smashing store doors and damaging different spot portion the children were contiguous and different threatening behavior, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Demetrius was released connected a $150,000 enslaved and is barred from having immoderate interaction with her estranged hubby oregon the student. She is due backmost successful court connected April 11.