A South Carolina man tried to enlist a white supremacist group to kill his black neighbor and burn a cross on the person’s front yard, authorities say. On the next day, March 20, an undercover FBI agent spoke with Lecroy, who allegedly offered payment for the job. Brandon Cory Lecroy (Spartanburg County Detention Center/AP)“Five-hundred-dollars and he’s a ghost,” Lecroy told the agent during the recorded phone conversation, according to the complaint. Lecroy and the agent spoke multiple times on the phone and in person between March and April. A magistrate judge on April 10 ordered a psychiatric or psychological evaluation for Lecroy to determine whether he’s competent to stand trial.

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2018 19:13 UTC