Recruiter guilty in murder-for-hire plot

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LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) --  After a two-week general court-martial, Tech. Sgt. Rodney Wells was found guilty here Oct. 1 of conspiracy to commit murder and attempted conspiracy to commit murder.

Sergeant Wells was also found not guilty of a third charge, which included three specifications of solicitation to commit murder and one specification to engage in prostitution.

The court-martial panel, which consisted of five officers, sentenced Sergeant Wells to demotion to airman basic, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, confinement for 10 years and a dishonorable discharge.

Named the Air Force’s top recruiter for 2001 and 2002, Sergeant Wells was connected with the complex murder-for-hire plot in November 2003. He has been in pretrial confinement here since February.