TOMS RIVER, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey inmate was arrested Thursday for allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill his attorney.
Forty-three-year-old Michael Nocera, of Beachwood, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
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Nocera, an Ocean County Jail inmate, had conversations in December detailing how he wanted his attorney killed, investigators said.
He allegedly offered $30,000 for a hitman to kidnap his attorney, drive him to a wooded area and shoot him in the head.
He specified that he wanted the victim to be burned and his remains to be disposed of in a body of water, investigators said.
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Nocera remains incarcerated in the Ocean County Jail.
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(Ocean County Prosecutor's Office)