A 58 year old Cleveland man named Desmen Ramsey was drunk on October 13th of 2022 when he tried to leave voicemail messages for a friend who is a member of a motorcycle gang. One of the messages specifically offered five-thousand dollars to have his adult son killed.
He had dialed a wrong number repeatedly and left all 3 of his messages on the voicemail of a dumpster rental company. “It’s a five grand hit on him,” Ramsey said in the message. “I don’t give a f--k where he’s at or what he’s doing or who he be with. Kill that b---h.”
Staffers who heard them the next morning quickly called police. The VM come with caller ID so it was a pretty easy case to solve.
Desmen was originally charged with two counts of complicity which could have carried a sentence of life in prison. Instead, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 18 months behind bars.