Sergeant’s ex-wife indicted in hit plan

Tuesday, July 6, 2004 | 9:24 a.m.

The ex-wife of a Henderson Police sergeant accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her former husband, giving specific orders that he be shot while in uniform and then mutilated, was indicted by a Clark County grand jury on Friday.

Florela McCorkle, 38, also known as Florela Virginia Martinez, faces charges of solicitation to commit murder and attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon on a police officer amid allegations that she tried to have her ex-husband, Sgt. Richard McCorkle, killed.

Investigators say she hired an undercover detective posing as a hitman. Metro Police arrested McCorkle on June 15 after the detective was paid $1,000 during a second meeting.

Florela McCorkle is scheduled for arraignment before District Judge Jackie Glass on Thursday. She was being held on $1 million bail, $500,000 for each count she faces. She remained in custody this morning according to Clark County Detention Center records.

According to the arrest report, the undercover detective said McCorkle gave him her ex-husband's police identification and handwritten notes detailing her ex-husband's identity, home address, phone numbers, vehicle descriptions, work schedule and the identity of his girlfriend.

The report alleges McCorkle also paid the undercover detective $1,000, and agreed to pay him $10,000 in cash within 90 days of the slaying.