Pair sentenced to probation in murder-for-hire plot in Macomb County
Two Macomb County residents accused in a murder-for-hire plot, discovered through recorded jail conversations were sentenced this week after pleading guilty to a lesser offense in Macomb County Circuit Court.
The plot was discovered after an attorney in a divorce case filed a Freedom of Information Act for transcripts of one of the suspect's calls at the county jail.
Aaron Muterspaw, then 36, of Warren and Carmen Marchetti, then 35, of Chesterfield Township — who dated in high school — were charged in April after the plot was brought to the attention of the sheriff's office in late 2023.
Each was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit homicide-solicitation of murder and malicious use of a telecommunications service. Marchetti also faced one count of homicide-solicitation of murder.
At their arraignments in circuit court in January, both pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of conspiracy to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, according to online court records.
The original charges against Muterspaw and Marchetti were dismissed.
Marchetti was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation; one day in the county jail with credit for one day served; impulse control training; six months on a GPS tether; 30 days of community service, and to continue mental health treatment, among other terms, according to online court records.
The records indicate Muterspaw was sentenced to three years of probation; two days in the county jail with credit for two days served; impulse control training; 90 days on a GPS tether, 15 days of community service and other terms. His sentencing review is set for Sept. 16.
Attorneys for Muterspaw and Marchetti did not return messages seeking comment.
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Authorities previously stated in news releases that Muterspaw was locked up on a drunken driving charge from Warren. He was communicating by jail phone with Marchetti, with their conversations discussing hurting or killing her soon-to-be ex-husband.
Authorities indicated the conversations were discovered when the attorney made a FOIA request for recordings of Muterspaw's phone calls.
Muterspaw was in jail from May 1-Sept. 26, 2023, after pleading guilty in the drunken driving case, the prosecutor's office stated in a release last year. While he was in jail, Marchetti allegedly asked him to have her soon-to-be ex-husband killed. Muterspaw acknowledged her request and said he would facilitate the murder for her, according to the prosecutor's office release.
Dawn Fraylick, communications director for the prosecutor's office, previously said Marchetti asked Muterspaw if he knew of someone who wanted work and that she would pay well, the work being apparently to kill her soon-to-be ex-husband. He said he knew people who could do it for her, Fraylick had said.
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