STAUNTON – In the Stuarts Draft man’s head, if he could remove his ex-wife and her fiancée from the equation, he would get his children back. So he hired a hitman.

That’s how Assistant Attorney General Phil Figura explained the actions of Thomas Joseph Laguardia Sr. during a plea hearing Monday in Augusta County Circuit Court.

Undercover cop is offered $400 to kill Stuarts Draft man’s ex-wife and her boyfriend, according to testimony during a preliminary hearing Thursday.