ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

44 year-old Claudia Carrion, has been charged with criminal solicitation to commit homicide after police say she agreed to a payment plan with a man in Allentown. The payment plan was for the hitman Carrion was trying to hire to commit a murder for her.

Carrion’s husband during a t.v. interview

The Philadelphia Inquirer (https://www.inquirer.com/) reported, that the hitman turned out to be a confidential informant, who was on the Allentown Police Department’s, Vice Squad’s payroll. Carrion put $100 down on a paid hit that the “hitman” was charging $4000 for. Carrion and the hitman agreed that the remaining balance would be pair off in weekly installments. The informant went straight to the police after making the deal. Carrion found herself caught up in an undercover sting, not long afterward. She is currently being held on a $500,000 bond at Lehigh County Jail.