Defendant Jay Glosser, a former professor at Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty “to commit murder-for-hire, solicitation and conspiracy to commit extortion,” according to the Virginian Pilot. In an effort to prevent co-worker Kimberly Perez from following through on a sexual harassment complaint Glosser felt might cost him his job, Glosser recruited the help of his neighbor, Raymond Groves Sr., the owner of a Chesapeake trucking company. Glosser offered Groves between $3,000 and $4,000 if Groves could successfully convince Perez to withdraw her complaint, or $10,000 if, according to testimony, Groves agreed to “take her out.” Groves, in turn, hired F. Devin Scott, a fellow truck driver, to kill Perez, a plot that failed when a June 2006 State Police sting uncovered the men’s plan. Glosser will serve six months longer than his co-defendants, who each received eight-year prison sentences through plea agreements with the prosecution.