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Martin sentenced
Gene Martin receives over nine years for murder-for-hire
Published Tuesday, April 21, 2009
A United States District Court Judge sentenced Douglas Eugene “Gene” Martin, 54, of Jemison to 9 1/2 years in federal prison after being convicted of murder-for-hire.
U.S. Attorney Leura G. Canary announced the sentencing late Monday in Montgomery.
Martin was also sentenced to serve three years of supervised release under the supervision of a federal probation officer after his release from prison.
At the time Martin took part in the murder-for-hire plot, he was in federal custody pending federal firearms charges. Martin used another inmate to attempt to hire someone to commit a murder in exchange for an offer of money from Martin.
No attempts to murder the intended and unnamed victim were actually made because investigators discovered the murder-for-hire plan before it could be carried out.
“It is fortunate that the investigators in this case successfully protected the victim by exposing this murder-for-hire scheme before it could be executed,” Canary said. “The sentence received by Mr. Martin should signal others who might want to hire people to commit violent crimes that they face stiff punishment in this district.”
The case was investigated as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods and Middle District of Alabama’s Alabama ICE programs, both aimed at preventing violent crime and illegal possession of firearms.
Investigating the case were agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office and the Jemison Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew Shepherd and Nathan Stump prosecuted the case.
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Posted by CallinItOut (anonymous) on April 21, 2009 at 1:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So how did Chilton and Jemison help out if it was while he was in "federal custody"? They were gonna get him for something any way he turned... just not drugs or stolen cars!
Posted by CallinItOut (anonymous) on April 21, 2009 at 2:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Now you know all the work that Chilton County and Jemisondone was blown up a hogs, well you get the idea.
Breaking News "That's what killed the hogs!" lol
Hang in there Big Daddy.
Posted by katdaddy (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 5:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
is that all?
Posted by specop8 (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 8 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, its about time he is convicted of something. If we only knew all of the other things he has done to the people of chilton county throughout the years for his own greed... I hope its a long nine years.. Dont drop the soap.......
Posted by CallinItOut (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
this should show people in the us just how much freedom we have if the law wants you then you will go down for something even if they haft to set you up just how many people in or out of jail haven't said i could kill you i know i have not really meaning to actually do it when we took god out of school and the goverment we agreed to go by anything an other person decides ipray tis might help wake up our world to what we have agreed to
Posted by psychologistdmp (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Katdaddy, I was wondering that myself. Does anyone know if he has other pending charges?
Posted by truthful (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 9:46 a.m.
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Posted by livinginthorsby (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 9:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes, multiple pending charges according to my system. Receipt of stolen property, poss of controlled substance, trafficking, etc.
Posted by truthful (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 10:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
no gene martin has no other charges, my brother works in the justice systym, all other charges were thrown out, because most of them wernt true just like the rumors of dwead bodies in the pond.{ just people gossiping asdwe know people like to do.}
Posted by psychologistdmp (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks livinginthorsby. I thought there was a relatively long list.
KW, I think you may be right about regulating who can post. Some of these comments are a little disturbing....
Posted by CallinItOut (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 5:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ARE YOU PEOPLE FOR REAL. WHERE ARE YOU PULLING UP HE HAS PENDING CHARGES? AND IT WASN'T A SHE HE WANTED KILLED! THERE ARE NO, NO,NO PENDING DRUG CHARGES OR TRAFFICKING CHARGES OR RECV. STOLEN PROPERTY.
IF ALL YOU KNEW HALF AS MUCH AS YOU TOLD YOU DID YOU MIGHT BE THE SHERRIFF! AND THAT "PIECE OF TRASH" PROBABLY GAVE ALOT OF YOUR FAMILIES JOBS AND CARS WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD. NO ONE FUSSES ABOUT THE REVENUE HE HAS GIVEN JEMISON OR THE COUNTY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS!
WHO COULD BE SUCH TRASH NOT TO THINK HE SHOULD SEE HIS FAMILY, HIS MOTHER.
GOD BLESS ALL OF THE HIPOCRITICS ON HERE THAT KNOW GENE'S PERSONAL BUSINESS BETTER THAN THEIR OWN. I HOPE YOU ASK FOR FORGIVENESS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO MEET OUR MAKER. IF YOU HAD TO TELL HIS MOM EVERYDAY THAT HE STILL WASN'T COMING HOME AND WATCH HER CRY YOU MIGHT THINK TWICE.
WE ARE ALL PEOPLE IN GOD'S EYES. I HOPE NONE OF YOU LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE.
Posted by bestofchilton (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 8:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
kwsrgraves--
AMEN!
Posted by MY2CENTSWORTH (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe he wont make it the whole time alive living on all of our tax money when He himself never paid any taxes.His so called girlfriend that has another boyfriend does not pay his taxes either. Both pieces of crap in my book.She should be sitting right beside him...almost killing herself trying to swallow drugs before the police found them last year.
Posted by born1966 (anonymous) on April 23, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I worked for Gene Martin and I personally saw how he treated people who purchased vehicles. One elderly man bought a pick up and before his 1st payment it was broke down several times and was towed in by Gene's wrecker and the elderly gentlemen was charged a Wrecker fee & charged for fixing the pick up. One lady had made all payments except for the last one owed and she had called in to request that she have a little more time to pay and Gene agreed but instead her car was repo'd. I was instructed to take a credit card payment via phone for a guy who wanted a transmission that Gene said he had in the junk yard but when the guy arrived to get the trans they didn't have one and would not give the guy a refund, the guy of course got very upset and Gene had Jemison PD to come and escort him from their property. I walked in on drugs being used..I could go on and on on what I saw in my 1 month of being employed there BUT.... I think that he should have been but back in the pen long before he was.
Posted by bamanation (anonymous) on April 23, 2009 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This man deserves to be in prision. He has been crooked for many years and has done more people harm than good. A big thank you to the police department for taking the "trash" out.
Posted by livinginthorsby (anonymous) on April 23, 2009 at 1:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey KW - you were in law enforcement----what does bound over grand jury mean? Yet to be heard in court?
14-DC-2007-002237.00 - charge is USE/POSS DRUG PARAPH (misdemeanor charge) indicates "bound over Grand Jury." Not dismissed.
14-DC-2007-002238.00 - charge is POSS CONTR. SUBS. (felony charge) indicates "bound over Grand Jury." Not dismissed.
14-DC-2007-002239.00 charge is TRAFFICKING-METHAMPH (felony charge) indicates "bound over Grand Jury."
14-CC-2009-000160.00 charge is 3 felony counts REC STOLEN PROP 1ST indicates "indicted by Grand Jury 02/06/09 set for arraignment 04/30/09
There are many, many, many more cases listed. Doesn't look like they were dismissed. If I follow correctly, after the arraignment he will be indicted, then prosecuted before a jury?
Posted by KatherineReece (anonymous) on April 24, 2009 at 6:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
livinginthorsby .... wow! Where did you find that all at?
Posted by LuzeanaNana (anonymous) on April 30, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm not a big advocator of anyone going to prison but sometimes what's right is right. If u play u gotta pay eventually. In some cases, like this one, u have to wonder how he kept getting by with what he did, and continued doing, without doing more and harder time than what he has received. I consider him fortunate to only get 9 years and very fortunate it is federal time. What facility will he be at this time, does anyone know yet?
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