OKLAHOMA CITY – Vernon Brock, 71, of Alva, has been sentenced to serve 7 years in federal prison and pay a $30,000 fine for hiring an individual to commit murder on the defendant’s behalf, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
On April 17, 2019, Brock, a co-owner in Big E’s Vapor Shop, was indicted with using interstate commerce facilities to commit murder-for-hire. On November 6, 2019, Brock pled guilty to the one-count indictment, admitting to the use of interstate facilities with intent that murder be committed in exchange for payment.
According to court documents and public record, an individual from Kansas, whom Brock was trying to hire to commit murder, contacted the FBI and cooperated in the investigation. Law enforcement determined Brock was upset with a former employee who refused to continue a sexual relationship with him.
According to Kansas.com, Brock “wanted his former lover and her new beau murdered on her birthday — April 5 — because he was mad that she’d quit her job and stopped having sex with him.”
Brock wanted the individual from Kansas to arrange the murder of the former employee’s boyfriend in Oklahoma City in exchange for $5,000. He identified the boyfriend by sending a picture to the individual from Kansas. FBI agents arrested Brock on the afternoon of April 3, with the assistance of the Woods County Sheriff’s Office, after Brock delivered a $5,000 check to the individual from Kansas.
Today, U.S. District Judge David L. Russell sentenced Brock to serve 87 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In addition, Brock was ordered to pay a $30,000 fine.
