Rome, NY (WIBX) - A Rome woman has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot.

Rome Police say 28-year old Angela Tefft was arrested after giving another person a large sum of money to have a family member killed.

The investigation began when police received tips that Tefft was actively looking for someone to kill a family member.

Tefft was charged with criminal solicitation, a felony.

She's being held in the Oneida County jail on $75,000 bail.

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