Thread: Florida man on steroids with arsenal of weapons arrested for plot to kill wife

Florida man with arsenal of weapons and explosives, including sniper rifle, arrested in murder-for-hire plot to kill wife: police

Jason Simione, 39, is accused of trying to hire someone to kill his 28-year-old wife, Megumi Simione, along with her mother, Naoko Hitoni, and brother, Kazuhito Haga.

Jason Simione/via Facebook Jason Simione seen with his wife, Megumi. Simione is accused of trying to hire a hitman for $150,000 to kill his wife, along with her mother and brother, Florida police say. The couple are in the middle of a divorce.

A Florida man wrote “happy wife, happy life” on Facebook, yet cops say he offered to pay $150,000 for a South American hit man to murder her, along with her mother and brother.

Jason Simione was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of solicitation to commit murder, possession of a destructive device and child abuse.

A SWAT team then searched the 39-year-old’s Dania Beach home and discovered a frightening collection of weapons and explosives, including 68 rifles, shotguns and handguns, including a .50 caliber sniper rifle, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

Jason Simione/via Facebook Megumi Simione told authorities that her husband has become increasingly more disturbed in recent months since they separated in February. The couple is in the process of getting a divorce.

Also found was approximately 60,000 to 70,000 rounds of ammunition.

Simione is in the middle of a divorce with his beautiful 28-year-old wife, Megumi. His Facebook page, which was updated frequently up until the end of last year, is decorated with happy photos of the couple. There are also pictures of him lovingly holding and kissing his newborn son, Jett.

Broward County Sheriff's Office Police discovered 68 rifles, shotguns and handguns, including a .50 caliber sniper rifle, in Simione’s Florida home.

Simione’s arrest came after Megumi went to police to report “child abuse” involving the couple’s nine-month-old son, according to the sheriff department’s report.

She told police Simione “threw the child onto a table, causing a minor laceration to the head,” during an argument with an employee. The baby also got a bruise on his face.

Broward County Sheriff's Office Florida detectives arrested Jason Simione, 39, of Dania Beach on Monday, and later charged him in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife, her mother and her brother, police say.

Simione serves as the president of Bulldog Tactical Equipment LLC, as a supplier of “tactical and assault equipment to government, military, and law enforcement organizations within the continental United States.”

Since the couple’s separation in February, the wife claimed Simione had become unhinged — abusing steroids and “displayed paranoid behavior,” including “violent outbursts."

Jason Simione/via Facebook Jason Simione’s Facebook page is loaded with photos of him and his estranged wife looking like a happy couple.

Deputies then interviewed employees of Bulldog Tactical Equipment. They, too, reported Simione displayed “increasingly hostile and paranoid behavior” and was taking steroids.

He frequently expressed outrage at the government, and specifically President Obama, stating “The President of the United States should be murdered because he’s a ‘n----r’,” employees told authorities.

Jason Simione/via Facebook Megumi Simione seen firing a gun in a photo on her husband’s Facebook page.

Simione also threatened to “kill” anyone who tried to arrest him or take away his child, employees apparently said.

Simione’s wife even told deputies she had seen “bomb making materials” in his Dania Beach home, as well as another house he owned.

Broward County Sheriff's Office Approximately 60,000 to 70,000 rounds of assorted ammunition were also found.

An employee also spotted bomb making materials such as galvanized pipe caps, nails, gunpowder, propane cylinder nails, wire and batteries in Simione's home, according to police.

Simione was seeking help in making a “bomb,” and told an unidentified employee: “When this is done and this explodes, it will f--k everyone up.”

Simione was also looking for a hitman to murder Megumi, her mom, Naoko Hitoni, and brother, Kazuhito Haga, the employee told cops.

The deranged businessman offered $150,000 for the job and was looking for someone from El Salvador, “specifically a MS-13 gang member,” to carrying out the killings, the employee claimed.

A judge set Simione’s bail at $5 million. Prosecutors determined that his net worth ranged from $2 million to $9 million.