American woman of Tallahassee  sentenced to 15 years in murder-for-hire plot

Federal agents say  Gretchen Buselli agreed to pay a hitman $25,000 to kill her ex-husband.

By Edward Era Barbacena

 A Tallahassee woman has learned her sentence, five months after a federal jury convicted her in a murder-for-hire plot against her ex-husband.

Gretchen Buselli was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday afternoon, bringing a close to a case that began back in September 2021, when she was arrested after federal agents say she agreed to pay a hitman $25,000 to kill her ex-husband. The hitman was actually an undercover FBI agent.

Buselli dropped a black bag at a designated seat in the Cascades Park amphitheater with a $5000 down payment inside and then agreed to pay the remaining $20,000 once the job was complete, according to court documents.

She was given the maximum sentence on the charges.