Pamela Jean Stanley, 63, was arrested final Thursday and indicted on felony solicitation with intent to commit homicide, felony try and commit homicide, and possession of a managed substance with intent to ship.

She stays behind bars on $450,000 bond.

Based on the Parker County Sheriff’s Workplace, the arrest stems from an alleged plan to off her ex-husband involving sweets and fentanyl.

The investigation into Stanley started after “a protected supply” advised the sheriff that the suspect was “creating a plan to homicide her ex-husband.” A recording of Stanley allegedly confirmed she was trying to purchase powdered fentanyl and “inject” it right into a field of high-end sweets, which she deliberate to ship to her ex.

However she wasn’t going to say the sweets had been from her. As an alternative, per the sheriff, she was going to make it “seem to have been [sent] from a journey company as a congratulatory reward for his current engagement together with a ‘honeymoon’ incentive supply.”

Stanley then drove to purchase the medication, not realizing she was buying them from undercover investigators. After allegedly procuring what she “believed was fentanyl” in a resort parking zone, she was taken into custody — with authorities claiming she had 9.5 grams of methamphetamine on her on the time.

“Her plan was fairly ingenious. She thought these items by way of,” meant goal Jeff Kauth advised WFAA, including, “It did not actually shock me as a result of she’s form of that manner.”

Kauth advised the outlet he heard she had talked about hiring a hitman and stated that, since their divorce in 2019 after 14 years of marriage, he is lived in worry. Per WFAA, he not solely put in safety cameras across the property, but it surely additionally arrange a “dummy” within the kitchen, sporting certainly one of his hats, as a decoy simply in case she tried to shoot him from the yard.

Of the chocolate plan, he admitted, “Fairly presumably, I in all probability would not eaten them” — saying he believed Stanley additionally hoped the fentanyl “would get each of us,” referring to his new associate.

“I can relaxation a lot simpler now,” he stated, now that she’s behind bars, earlier than including, “I am going to by no means take a look at a field of sweets the identical.”

Stanley’s triaI has reportedly been set for October 20.