Randy Nowak told a judge today that he never wanted any harm to come to the IRS officer he tried to have killed. ...more

March 5, 2009

Randy Nowak of Mulberry says a friend he loved like a brother manipulated him into hiring a hit man to kill an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer. ...more

December 17, 2008

Randy Nowak's own words will be the most important evidence in his trial on charges he tried to hire a hit man to kill an IRS officer, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday. ...more

December 16, 2008

Randy Nowak's own words will be the most important evidence in his trial on charges he tried to hire a hit man to kill an IRS officer, a federal prosecutor told jurors this morning. Nowak, 49, of Mulberry, is accused of hiring a man he knew as "Reaper" to kill an IRS revenue officer for a total of $20,000 because he was afraid of going to prison for tax evasion. ...more

December 15, 2008

One member of the media can see the face of an undercover agent who authorities say posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" willing to kill an IRS agent for a Polk County man. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA A federal judge is scheduled to decide today whether an undercover agent who posed as a hit man known as "Reaper" can testify behind a screen to protect his identify. The agent is a key witness in the trial of Randy Nowak, 49, a construction company owner from Mulberry who is accused of plotting to kill IRS officer Christine Brand. ...more

December 11, 2008

A federal prosecutor has asked U.S. District Judge James Moody to allow an undercover FBI agent to testify behind a screen and use a pseudonym in a murder-for-hire trial. ...more

November 19, 2008

Randy James Nowak parked his Ford Excursion at a Home Depot in Lakeland and greeted a man he knew only as Reaper. ...more

August 7, 2008

On July 31, federal authorities charged Randy Nowak, 48, of Mulberry, with attempted murder of an IRS officer. Today, Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III today ordered Nowak held without bail, citing potential danger to the revenue officer and a confidential informant who helped investigators. ...more

August 6, 2008

Randy Nowak was having IRS trouble, authorities say, and wanted the revenue officer on his tail "deleted." ...more

August 1, 2008