NJ Therapist Asked Patient to Help Her Find a Hitman, Attack Her Ex
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NJ Therapist Asked Patient to Help Her Find a Hitman, Attack Her Ex
Federal authorities say Diane Sylvia asked her patient, a former gangster, to connect her to a hitman. Then an FBI agent stepped in.
By NBC10 Staff Published September 23, 2020 Updated on September 23, 2020 at 11:33 pm
A mental health counselor in South Jersey admitted to seeking a hitman to attack her ex-boyfriend, but a federal agent stepped in before any violence was carried out, prosecutors say.
Social worker Diane Sylvia, 60, of Somers Point, pleaded guilty Tuesday to soliciting a violent crime with the intent of serious harm to her ex, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey.
Authorities said Sylvia, who had a mental health practice in Linwood, tried to enlist one of her clients in connecting her with a hitman.