Rockville Man Arrested In Alleged Murder For Hire Plot
Richard Bernard Boyd, Jr. - Photo from Montgomery County police
On Friday, October 8, just before noon, police arrested Richard Bernard Boyd, Jr. on solicitation of murder.
Montgomery County Police say that, on September 30, a Rockville Police officer was approached by a man who told them that Boyd, 42, who was going through a divorce, had tried to hire him to murder his wife. He allegedly told detectives that Boyd had offered him money to carry out the killing. Rockville Police notified Montgomery County.
According to police, the unidentified subject worked with them over the past week, meeting with Boyd several times and making plans. On Friday, October 8, they say he and Boyd met at Boyd’s house on Rocking Spring Drive, when Boyd gave the pretend killer $1,000 and five Oxycontin tablets “and other items that would aid in having [his] estranged wife killed.”
Boyd is being held without bond, with a hearing set for October 12 at 1:00 pm.
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This unidentified individual should be commended for comming forward and doing the right thing and working with authorities to get a very dangerous person off the streets and saving the life of someone that may have never known she was a target. Great work Montgomery County and great article.