A New York man -- who owns a junk yard and has experience as a demolition-derby driver -- is going to prison because he tried to hire a hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend in a staged car wreck. His original plan, via the AP:
Clyde Gardner gave up on his first idea: Kill a bear, skin it and wear the pelt while using its claws to kill the woman as she took out her garbage. The plan included him wearing the bear's paws on his feet so no human footprints would be left behind.
