04-17-2004, 06:33 PM
<a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/hockey/nhl/04/16/bc.hkn.lgns.bluesdantonarrest.r/index.html?cnn=yes" target=new>St. Louis Blues' player Mike Danton arrested on charges of murder-for-hire</a>
Quote:SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Ticker) -- St. Louis Blues center Mike Danton was arrested Friday morning and charged with participating in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4760510/" target=new>MSNBC.com has some more details on this.</a>
In a statement, the FBI said Danton was apprehended in San Jose, where the Blues were eliminated Thursday night from the Western Conference quarterfinals by the Sharks.
Danton's arrest came one day after an alleged accomplice, 19-year-old Katie Wolfmeyer of Florissant, Missouri, was taken into custody in Brentwood, Missouri.
According to U.S. Attorney Ronald J. Tenpas of the Central District of Illinois, Danton and Wolfmeyer conspired to hire someone to kill an acquaintance with whom Danton quarreled Tuesday night.