January 19, 2011 Georgia woman charged with plotting husband’s murder www.privateofficer.com
Columbus Police say on Sunday, January 16th, they were contacted by a confidential informant who told them that a friend of hers was trying to get someone to murder her spouse, 45-year-old Michael Burmeister from Phenix City.
Columbus detectives started investigating the tip and issued a warrant for Burmeister’s wife. Johnnie Melissa Burmeister, 40, was arrested Monday in North Georgia in Pickens County. Police say she lives in Jasper, GA.
Officials would not say how Mrs. Burmeister allegedly wanted to have her husband killed or when or why.
Investigators say Michael Burmeister works on Fort Benning but they do not know if he is a soldier or a civilian. He was not injured and detectives say he had no idea about his wife’s alleged attempt to end his life.
Columbus officers will go to Pickens County and bring Mrs. Burmeister to Columbus to face the charge the Criminal Solicitation to Commit Murder.
She is being held in the Pickens County Jail and is tentatively scheduled to appear in court in Columbus Friday morning.
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