Two Houston-area men have been found guilty of multiple felony counts in connection with a murder-for-hire plot that left an innocent man seriously injured after being mistaken for the intended target.
Michael Seery, 43, and Ricard Obando Jr., 51, were convicted of the following charges:
- Conspiracy to use interstate facilities to commit murder for hire causing bodily injury
- Aiding and abetting the use of interstate facilities to commit murder for hire causing bodily injury
- Aiding and abetting discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence
- Aiding and abetting the use of a firearm silencer during and in relation to a crime of violence
Seery was also found guilty of transferring a firearm to be used in a felony and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Obando was additionally convicted of receiving a firearm that was to be used in a felony.
A jury deliberated for about two hours before returning the guilty verdicts. The trial lasted eight days…