Posted on 08/27/2012 4:43:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
David Sartin.......The 49-year-old's only scrape with the law had been a single traffic ticket - until he visited a "dream marriage" website that boasted the "hottest Russian brides."
Now he finds himself sitting in a jail cell, waiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty last week in Beaumont to attempted kidnapping and brandishing a firearm in connection with a bizarre murder-for-hire plot involving a Ukrainian blonde half his age.
The scheme involved abduction, lead poisoning and a fortified room that Sartin added onto his home where he allegedly planned to imprison his would-be wife.
Before his life spun out of control, the small-framed man was living thriftily. His only income came from a disability check following two surgeries on his back which he injured while installing loading dock equipment, relatives said.
Then three years ago, Sartin clicked on a website that described itself as the spot to meet "beautiful Russian women and sexy Ukrainian brides to be." It said it was designed for those seeking true love with "Western men."
......He also tells of spending thousands more taking her on lavish trips across Europe, giving her funds for living and school expenses and paying for photo shoots and record productions to jump start her singing career (clips of her singing were posted on YouTube).
The money apparently came from about $400,000 he gained from a divorce settlement in 2006. His ex-wife, Betty Sartin, who was married to him for 11 years, said she had to split her retirement fund with him that she'd accumulated while working at Mobil. "I was 13 years older than him, and he played me for a fool. Now he's met somebody a little smarter than him," she said....
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
It was sarcasm.
But he was such a quiet neighbor; he always kept his lawn mowed, and ...
[b]A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:10
I keep looking, but as Tax-chick said, all womyns are evils!
;-)
I experienced a pre-coffee misplaced modifier incident: I really was trying to say that all men are the victims of evil women.
It is true, all of us men ARE victims...well at least until we chose not to be anymore. At the same time, evil women will stay evil!
:)
Thank you in advance. Bring wine!
What? You mean not only men get screwed out of their wages?! His ex must be disgusted.
Not my wife, who also, not coincidentally, happens to be the grandmother of my grandkids. Nothing makes a woman more valuable to you than when she loves and cares for your grandchildren.
Not my wife, who also, not coincidentally, happens to be the grandmother of my grandkids. Nothing makes a woman more valuable to you than when she loves and cares for your grandchildren.
Then surely your wife is a womAn and not a womYn! ;-)
I see your point, now, and I agree.
Good! Now go give your wife a big hug! ;-)
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