Business deal gets poisonous

HE WAS 85. A RATON MAN PLEADS GUILTY AFTER POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO KILL SOMEONE WITH SNAKES. ...  More »

HE WAS 85. A RATON MAN PLEADS GUILTY AFTER POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO KILL SOMEONE WITH SNAKES. INVESTIGATORS SAY 57-YEAR-OLD HERBERT BECK AND ANOTHER MAN WANTED TO KILL MATTHEW SOWASH BECAUSE HE OWED THEM 60-THOUSAND DOLLARS. BECK TOLD POLICE HE HAD INVESTED IN SOWASH'S BUSINESS, BUT NEVER GOT HIS SHARE OF THE PROFITS. SO POLICE SAY THEY CONCOCTED A PLAN TO PUT SOWASH IN A BOX OF SNAKES IF HE DIDN'T PAY UP. BECK PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF EXTORTION.  « Less