'Take care of the girl himself': Suspect tried to hire man to kill his former girlfriend and 2 men she dated after they broke up, DA says

A fishy successful Pennsylvania is accused of trying to prosecute idiosyncratic to termination his ex-girlfriend and 2 men she had dated since they had breached up.

Eric Berkowitz, 41, faces charges including 3 counts of transgression solicitation for murder, 3 counts of attempted murder, and 3 counts of recklessly endangering different person, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced connected Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Berkowitz approached a antheral and "offered him $5,000 to execution 3 radical successful New York," authorities said. The fishy allegedly named the 3 individuals and their addresses and gave the different antheral a Mac 11 — which is commonly a fully-automatic instrumentality pistol — "to usage for the murders."

Berkowitz besides gave the different antheral — identified by authorities arsenic Steven Luker — a "burner" cellphone "for their communications," the territory attorney's bureau said, and his program was for "the 2 of them to thrust to New York the adjacent day" and "meet up extracurricular 1 target's house." Those targets were Berkowitz's erstwhile woman "and 2 men she had dated since their seven-year narration ended."

Luker reportedly approached the Upper Dublin Township Police Department and told them astir Berkowitz's alleged scheme. Luker and officers worked to grounds a speech betwixt the 2 men, during which authorities said "Berkowitz confirmed the program to spell to New York wherever they would conscionable 1 thoroughfare implicit from the location of an intended target."

According to the DA's office, Berkowitz said that helium would "take attraction of the miss himself."

The pursuing day, arsenic the fishy exited his location successful Upper Dublin and got into an Uber, constabulary stopped the conveyance and arrested him. Authorities said helium was carrying "a duffel container containing a achromatic Masterpiece Arms Grim Reaper firearm with a loaded mag containing 23 9 mm rounds of ammunition, cocaine and a ample sum of cash."

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When officers interviewed the Uber driver, helium reportedly informed them the suspect's destination was a location successful Endicott, New York, astir a 175-mile drive north. When investigators learned the address, they discovered it was wherever Berkowitz's erstwhile woman resided.

"I'd similar to commend Mr. Luker for instantly contacting constabulary aft helium was approached by the suspect to enactment successful this execution scheme," said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele. "He yet saved the lives of 3 guiltless people."

A justice denied Berkowitz bail during his arraignment, and helium was booked into the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. He has a preliminary proceeding scheduled for Feb. 20.