Grisly Justin Bieber Murder Plot Foiled, Police Say
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Justin Bieber was the target of a grisly murder plot hatched by a convicted killer imprisoned in New Mexico, police told ABC News today.
Dana Martin, 45, an inmate at the Southern New Mexico Corrections Facility, is accused of masterminding the plan, which called for castrating Bieber and his bodyguard in New York, and two unnamed victims in Vermont, before strangling them, according to a New Mexico State Police affidavit.
Martin, who was sentenced to 978 years in jail for rape and murder in 2000, had an image of Bieber tattooed on his leg and plotted to kill him after his attempts to contact the 18-year-old pop star failed, according to the affidavit, which also alleged that he orchestrated the plot to achieve notoriety.
Former inmate Mark Staake and his nephew, Tanner Ruane, set off for Vermont on Nov. 14 to carry out the plan, intending to continue on to New York, according to the affidavit. They intended to catch Bieber between his Nov. 28 and 29 Madison Square Garden concerts.
The three now stand accused of two counts each of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts each of conspiracy to commit aggravated battery, according to Lt. Robert McDonald of the New Mexico State Police. New Mexico is awaiting Staake and Ruane’s extraditions from the East Coast. McDonald did not know whether they had retained legal representation.
Martin wanted Ruane to attack the victims with Fiskars “Durasharp” gardening clippers, and offered to pay Ruane $2,500 for each testicle he got, the affidavit alleged.
It added that Martin wanted the intended victims strangled with a paisley necktie, just as Martin had done in a prior crime.
He referred to the murders as “the whole putting down of the ‘dogs,’” the affidavit said.
Staake, who was released in October after serving time for burglary, and Ruane left Albuquerque for Vermont, where they had plotted to kill the two unidentified victims. However, before committing any killings, the pair missed a highway exit in Vermont near the border crossing into Canada and got stopped by a border patrol agent, according to the affidavit. Staake was arrested in Vermont on outstanding warrants.
Ruane was released, but New York State Police later arrested him after officials eavesdropped on a phone call in which Ruane and Martin allegedly made references to the murder plots, the affidavit said.
The car in which Ruane and Staake were stopped contained pruning shears.
When prison authorities confronted Martin, he allegedly detailed the plan and gave them a hand-drawn map of where Ruane and Staake had traveled.
A representative for Bieber released this statement to ABC News: “We take every precaution to protect and ensure the safety of Justin and his fans.”
ABC News’ Russell Goldman and Michael S. James contributed to this report.
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I simply don’t understand why people would even think about killing Bieber all he does and sing and make girls scream so loudly they can’t hear him singing in the first place.
Posted by: Carol | December 12, 2012, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
Looking past how horrifying this is, its a little funny how they actually believed they could get close enough to Justin Bieber (who he had a tattoo of?) to kidnap him and his trained bodyguard, escape and proceed to murder them and get away with it…. all in madison square garden. funny what obsession and insanity can do.
Posted by: Kayla | December 12, 2012, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm
Why would you want to hurt a boy who’s hair sticks straight up?
Posted by: Spitting Into the Wind | December 12, 2012, 9:31 pm 9:31 pm
So, kids…how do you like the idea of being a celebrity, again?
Posted by: stephenf | December 12, 2012, 9:54 pm 9:54 pm
the prison b—h squealed like a piglet.
Posted by: clark | December 12, 2012, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
Dont people understand that we live in a modern communist country now ? USA. Dont get me wrong, I love it. But you cannot go to the bathroom without Big Brother knowing how much you pooped ? wake up, its a good thing. As long as it does not turn into a dictatorship. I lived under Castro for many years. YOU are being watched, you beloved Apple phone that you lost sleep over is a government tool morons.
Posted by: cptsoap | December 12, 2012, 10:39 pm 10:39 pm
wtf is wrong with the world how could you hate somebody that much and you haven’t even met them
Posted by: Ruth | December 13, 2012, 12:01 am 12:01 am
You heard it here first folks: Gay Abortions brainwashed psychotic criminals into wanting to kill Beebs. If only Jesus would come back, we could start The Crusades: Round 2, kill all the violent people, and society would thereafter be forever perfect.
Posted by: Gerald | December 13, 2012, 3:40 am 3:40 am
Just in Bufer…Just in Bufer…Just in Bufer(((
Posted by: Ark | December 13, 2012, 6:06 am 6:06 am
Scary to be famous. Pruning shears? Poor Justin.
Posted by: Heather | December 13, 2012, 6:29 am 6:29 am
The way to fix this problem is to start executing people who will never get out of prison to begin with. 978 year sentence? Are you kidding me. Execute him and be done with it already.
Posted by: Andrew | December 13, 2012, 7:45 am 7:45 am
Who is this ‘Justin Bieber’?
Posted by: wyatt_derp | December 13, 2012, 8:36 am 8:36 am
Wow,whats a bieber. Mmmmm, surprise, surprise, not many comments here on GMA. Really covering the top stories aren’t we. You now, things like violent union workers threatening a bloody civil war against any state that tries to change their laws to become “Right to Work” states. And the same union workers beating up journalists who even question them on same. Oh and there’s the 60 ft tent that union workers collapsed on trapped women and elderly people and threatening to kill them with, ” gulp” guns. Mmmmmm, I guess that’s not news. Even the ultra Liberal Huffington Post reported on all these items. …. Go ABC … Hey, I herd that Obama wants to go over the fiscal cliff and ignore anything the Republicans place on the table so he can place all the blame on them. … Oh you didn’t hear that one either …. mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Posted by: shecky | December 13, 2012, 8:50 am 8:50 am
what is a bieber anyway
Posted by: ben | December 13, 2012, 8:58 am 8:58 am
Not a Bieber fan, by any means……BUT…..this is pretty sick and scary. Glad they caught these society defects. Happy, a million times over, that they didn’t succeed. That’s just messed up.
Posted by: Alan | December 13, 2012, 9:20 am 9:20 am
I mean… his music stinks… its worse that just plain noise. But killing him for that?
Posted by: Benjalamelami | December 13, 2012, 10:15 am 10:15 am
I think the biggest mistake these psychopaths made is assuming Justin Beiber has visible genitalia.
Posted by: datdude | December 13, 2012, 10:30 am 10:30 am
Good thing he won’t be doing MJ’s flat on the floor moves!
Posted by: alex | December 13, 2012, 10:44 am 10:44 am
Fame is not all it is cracked up to be.
Posted by: Librarian53 | December 13, 2012, 11:18 am 11:18 am
Mike – Few liberals think castrating someone with garden shears is a good thing, so I’m not sure how you are connecting the dots.
Posted by: alcj | December 13, 2012, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm
Good Lord have mercy. I truly do believe this world is now ready for Christ’s return.
Posted by: bluewatercard | December 13, 2012, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
The way to fix this problem is to start executing people who will never get out of prison to begin with. 978 year sentence? Are you kidding me. Execute him and be done with it already.
Posted by: Andrew | December 13, 2012, 7:45 am 7:45 am
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Being they gave him 978 years tells me that he will never get parole.. if he will never get parole, how can he EVER be a benefit to society? I agree.. should be executed.
Posted by: dbase1986 | December 13, 2012, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
Mr. Martin, who has a tattoo of Justin on his leg, changed his mind bec he now is attracted to other young gay boys;One Direction.
Posted by: Frankie | December 13, 2012, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
i really dont care bc i dont like him
Posted by: bighead | December 13, 2012, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm
OK, the obsessed “fan” is super sick. But how was he going to castrate someone who has nothing to cut off?
Posted by: ridley knows | December 13, 2012, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
woah!Why would you ever do this?I mean it wont work.These days big celebs expsecially important ones are well protected.All pyschotics should be submitted to death.
Posted by: jade | December 13, 2012, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
OMG why would anyone want to do this? I’ve been reading through the comments, and I think that some of you are being really mean. Call me what you want, but let’s just say that it was you up there on stage. Someone found you on YouTube, and suddenly you’re a star. Alot of girls like you (depending on…), and then you’re being called a girl and then gay (which he is probably not). Then a couple of guys that need medical attention (I mean, really) are trying to kill you. I wouldn’t be really happy with that, would you? I actually feel bad for him. I’m not a Bieber fan, but I still think it’s rude. NO ONE deserves to be treated like this!
Posted by: Unknown Defender | December 13, 2012, 6:37 pm 6:37 pm
Ha. Ha. Come to find out there’s a short story on amazon called murder at shady oaks senior estates: the demise of justin bieber
Posted by: Wesley Porter | December 13, 2012, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm
You want to know what’s worse than some non-fan calling him gay? The hundreds of fans who will openly and gleefully admit to hoping that the non-fan’s entire family dies in some horrible way. Don’t believe me? Test it: go to some forum where they’re talking about JB and say something slightly unkind. It doesn’t even have to be exceptionally mean. You’ll see a ridiculous display of vicious hatred that the most die-hard racist would think was out of line. They’re terrible human beings.
Posted by: AmericaThePitiful | December 14, 2012, 1:27 am 1:27 am
Thats funny, based on his pictures, I thought he already was castrated.
Posted by: Bryan | December 14, 2012, 8:51 am 8:51 am