BRONX WOMAN SENTENCED UP TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
CONSPIRING TO HAVE A WOMAN MAIMED, RAPED AND KILLED AFTER
SUSPECTING THE INTENDED TARGET OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER
HUSBAND
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a 45-year-old Bronx woman was sentenced to a maximum term of up to 6 years imprisonment for conspiring to have another woman maimed, raped and killed.
Bonnie Davido, of 1422 Williamsbridge Road, was convicted last month on one count of Conspiracy in the 2nd degree, a Class B felony offense. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett today sentenced Davido to a term of 2 to 6 years imprisonment.
In pleading guilty last month, Davido admitted that she had attempted to hire a “hit man” to kill a woman whom the defendant suspected was having an affair with her husband. The scheme came to light when a man whom Davido had approached on the street reported the incident to police who began an investigation.
The conspiracy began on November 16, 2006 when Davido, according to court papers, told an undercover detective whom she believed to be a “hit man” that she wanted him to throw acid in the victim’s face and “make it look like a robbery.” Davido said she wanted the victim blinded to prevent her from being able to see the defendant’s husband. The detective who was posing as the “hit man” was instructed to retrieve the intended victim’s cellular telephone because the defendant had called and left threats on the target’s answering machine. Davido provided the intended victim’s name, address, and telephone number, and agreed to pay $2,000 for the job. Five days later, on November 21, 2006, Davido again contacted the undercover detective and instructed him to rape and blind the woman in order to make her sexually unappealing. Davido provided him with a description of the woman including her height, hair color and approximate weight. That conversation was followed by a third communication between Davido and the undercover detective on December 19, 2006 at which time Davido instructed him to “just shoot her. I need this bitch out of my life.” The defendant warned that she would get someone else for the job if the target was not killed by the weekend.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Larry Hartstein of the Rackets Bureau.
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