Boston Man Sentenced in Murder-for-Hire

BOSTON – A Boylston Street gang member was sentenced on Thursday in U.S. District Court to nine years in federal prison for trying to hire a hit man to murder another gang member, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Jaime Rivera, 21, pleaded guilty in November to one count of using the mail or the telephone with the intent that a murder-for-hire be committed, and one count of distribution of cocaine.

After he is released from prison, Rivera will be on three years of supervised release.

His co-defendant, Frandys Ortiz, 24, was previously sentenced to eight years in federal prison and three years of supervised release.

Beginning in October 2014, Rivera and Ortiz sold firearms, ammunition, heroin and cocaine to a witness cooperating with federal law enforcement agents.

On July 4, 2015, the two men were involved in a shooting with another gang member. Shortly after the shooting, Ortiz told the cooperating witness that he wanted the other gang member to be murdered in retaliation for the July 4th shooting

Ortiz stated he would pay the cooperating witness, “if the [gang member] dies.”

During a separate recorded meeting, Rivera told the cooperating witness “there’s bread for you … if he dies.”

Ultimately, Rivera agreed to pay the cooperating witness $2,500 in exchange for murdering the gang member, cautioning the cooperating witness, “I don’t need any leg shots bro … if you gonna do leg shots, don’t even do it.”