NYPD Cop to Plead Guilty Over Alleged Plot to Kill Husband & Her BF's Daughter

An NYPD officer is reportedly prepared to plead guilty after attempting to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend's teenage daughter.

Officer Valerie Cincinelli is facing federal murder-for-hire charges and two counts of obstruction of justice over the alleged plot. She originally entered a not guilty plea but is now ready to strike a deal with prosecutors although it's unclear which charges she'll be pleading guilty to. 

The 36-year-old mother of two reportedly started asking her boyfriend John DiRubba to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband Isaiah Carvalho Jr. in February 2019. Cincinelli and Carvalho had been involved in a contentious divorce, after four years of marriage, and were battling over custody of their son and property.

According to court documents, she withdrew $7,000 on Feb. 18, 2019. On that same day, DiRubba allegedly bought gold coins worth $6,935 with the intent of using the gold to pay the hitman.

After DiRubba agreed to cooperate with federal investigators, he and Cincinelli discussed the murder-for-hire plot multiple times. A May 2019 conversation involved the couple setting up Carvalho's murder as well as DiRubba's teenage daughter.

The two killings were planned separately and were supposed to occur on different days. Cincinelli reportedly told DiRubba that her ex-husband's murder wouldn’t raise suspicion "because the murder would take place in 'the hood' or 'the ghetto.'"

Later in May, a detective visited Cincinelli and led her to believe Carvalho was dead and questioned her about his fake death. After speaking with the detective, she spoke with DiRubba about coordinating alibis and scrubbing all correspondence about the plan. She was arrested by the FBI later that day and was suspended from her position without pay.

Cincinelli's attorney called the plea deal a "favorable" outcome for his client after arguing that she did not believe DiRubba would act on the plan and did not pay him to do so.

When asked to comment on the new development in the case, DiRubba responded, "Nobody's a winner here. Everyone suffered.