08.MAR.07

NEW YORK (CNN) – An inmate at New York’s Rikers Island was arrested Monday for allegedly seeking to pay to have New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly beheaded and bomb New York Police Headquarters, according to Paul Browne, Deputy Commissioner for Public Information.{{more}}

Police said, David Brown, 47, of Brooklyn, was arrested for “criminal solicitation in offering an undercover officer $65,000 to have Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly killed, and to bomb headquarters at One Police Plaza,” adding that Brown had asked an individual to contact someone who was willing to do the contract killing.

Police said that request led to having an undercover officer make contact with Brown at the jail where Brown is currently serving time.