Target of hit in 'utter disbelief'

Florida Keys News

Friday, December 28, 2012

Target of hit in 'utter disbelief'

FBI: Marathon businessman Schmitt had $20K price tag on his head

BY ADAM LINHARDT Citizen Staff
alinhardt@keysnews.com

As Bruce Schmitt brooded over the events of the past two weeks while in hiding in another country Thursday, many residents in the sleepy fishing town of Marathon speculated why the unassuming real estate developer wound up in the cross hairs of a murder-for-hire scheme.

"I did not believe them at first," Schmitt said of the federal agents who told him he had a $...

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My spider senses tell me

Submitted on Fri, 12/28/2012 - 10:09am by Get Real

there's a whole lot more to this story. One does not put a hit on someone for no reason. There seems to be a Mary Zecca who works at Calwell Banker. Hmmm