St. George man gets probation for faking a plot to have himself killed
Robert Quentin Sprague admitted sending emails that made it look like a woman he had been married to was asking her uncles to help kill him.
Based on reporting by ABC4 Utah. Read the original story →
A St. George man who pleaded guilty to faking a murder plot against himself has been sentenced to probation, ABC4 Utah reported. Robert Quentin Sprague pleaded guilty in September to identity fraud, forgery, and retaliation against a witness, victim or informant, along with an evidence tampering charge. [1]
Court documents cited by ABC4 say Sprague filed a false police report claiming that the woman he had been married to was conspiring to have him killed. Emails asking her two uncles to help kill him and dispose of his body were sent from her email account. [1]
Sprague later called St. George police and admitted he had sent the emails himself from her business phone, according to the court documents. He told police he threw the phone in a garbage can in Las Vegas. [1]
He received 36 months of probation, with prison terms of one to five years on the identity fraud, forgery and retaliation counts suspended, ABC4 reported. [1]
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