Local 'Sex Mogul' Nabbed in Murder-for-Hire Plot

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Local 'Sex Mogul' Nabbed in Murder-for-Hire Plot


http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?Lo...156&feedID=171


HAWTHORNE -- A local man described as the "most influential man in the prostitution business in America," has been arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.

37-year old David Elms was arrested Sunday in Phoenix where he's accused of contracting a hit man to kill a 32-year-old woman.

Police said that Elms had also ordered an attack on a 62-year-old man as part of a cover-up to the woman's murder.

Elms' Hawthorne -based business, The Erotic Review, is described as an online order form for prostitutes.

Police tracked Elms to an undisclosed location in Phoenix around midnight Sunday after receiving a tip from a suspect under investigation in a local prostitution case.

Last summer, Elms went to court in California after he was accused of violating his probation on a 2006 conviction for possession of a firearm and drugs by failing several drug tests.

In addition to the recent conspiracy murder charges, Phoenix police said Elms could face charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, conspiracy to possess narcotics for sale, conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons, and possession of drug
paraphernalia.