Category: Kevin Jerome Pushia

A former pastor was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for ordering the murder of a blind, developmentally disabled man in Baltimore so he could collect $1.4 million in life insurance policies.

In addition to the life sentence, Kevin Jerome Pushia was sentenced to 45 years in prison for charges related to the insurance fraud.

A Baltimore pastor who worked with developmentally disabled people was charged Friday with befriending a blind and disabled man in his care, then paying a hit man $50,000 in church funds for an execution so he could collect life insurance money.

Police are looking for other possible victims and examine whether Pushia had been plotting similar killings.