 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Note: when trying to escape from the Po-Po by jumping in a canal, make sure you can swim first- Lawrence Michael Handley, 53, plotted to have his ex-wife Schanda kidnapped
- The pair married in 2006 but divorced in 2017; that year, he started using drugs
- He'd made his fortune in rehab centers and launching companies that sold vitamins, among other things
- In August 2017, while high on meth and cocaine, Handley paid Sylvester Bracey and Arsenio Haynes to kidnap his wife
- They went to her home, put a bag over her head and put her in their van
- As they fled, they hit traffic and started speeding up the shoulder of the road
- It attracted the attention of a cop who chased them; the men crashed, fled on foot, then jumped into a canal where they drowned
- Schanda survived and was found in the back of the van; Handley was found in a hotel four days later
- He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 2 charges and now faces 35 years behind bars
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Note: when trying to escape from the Po-Po by jumping in a canal, make sure you can swim first