The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff Reports
Posted: Monday, January 01, 2018 12:43 PM
83-Year Old Woman, 63 Year Old Son Arrested In Murder For Hire Plot
Pauline Chase and Maurice Temple were arrested Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder and attempt to commit murder.
The two Plainfield residents were each held on $1 million bail Friday in Claremont and are not allowed to have contact with each other. They were represented by public defenders.
This Thursday, July, 27, 2017 provided by Plainfield Police Department shows Maurice Temple, 63, of Plainfield, N.H. Temple and his mother Pauline Chase were arrested as police say were involved in a murder-for-hire plot. State police say they have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder and attempt to commit murder.
The two are scheduled for court
appearances Friday, July 28. (Plainfield Police Department via AP)Expand
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WMUR-TV reported court paperwork shows Maurice Temple was in an ongoing
dispute with his ex-wife over money he owed her because of their
divorce. He was arrested and jailed recently for failing to make his
court-ordered payments.
Messages were left for Temple, who runs an excavating and snowplow
business. A possible phone number for Chase was out of service.
According to the police complaint, both had conversations with another
person about causing the death of Temple's ex-wife and provided about
$5,000 as a down payment.
The state police crimes unit, the attorney general's office's drug task
force and the Sullivan County attorney's office were involved in the
investigation.
Plainfield Police Chief Paul Roberts couldn't comment when asked if a
violent act had occurred, the Valley News reported. Roberts said the
case is "still fluid," and he described the investigation as "active."
