Crime & Safety

Facebook Murder-for-Hire Suspects to Appear in Court Today

Both remain in jail on $500K cash bonds

Update Aug. 2: Christine Metter and Al Zombory will appear in Lake County Common Pleas Court today at 1 p.m. for arraignment. We'll have the details later today.

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The Beachwood father and daughter accused of have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder.

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The indictment was returned on Thursday, July 29, according to court records. Christine Metter, 40, and her father Al Zombory, 76, both of Beachwood, remain in Lake County Jail on $500,000 cash bonds.

The two are accused of asking Metter’s high school friend Patrick Sabo to kill Metter’s ex-husband. They were arrested in a sting June 3.

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Sabo testified in June that, during a Facebook chat with Metter, he jokingly said she should put a hit on the ex-husband she complained to him about. That night, Zombory took Sabo to dinner and offered him $50,000 to kill the man, and Sabo contacted police.

Metter’s attorney filed a motion to reduce her bond last month


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