Undercover Janesville police officer posed as a contract killer and met with the 46-year-old on Tuesday.

Undercover Janesville police officer posed as a contract killer and met with the 46-year-old on Tuesday. Police said the man gave an undercover officer $2,000 to kill his estranged wife and Janesville City Council member Yuri Rashkin, who have been dating. “When faced with the deadline that he needed to proceed with the paperwork to finalize things, he decided to go in a horrible direction,” Rashkin said.Police said it started with a call from an informant. The 46-year-old suspect was looking for someone to “whack” his wife and her boyfriend, police said. Investigators then set up a meeting and recorded it.“The undercover officer posed as a Hells Angel as a contract killer,” Janesville Police Chief Neil Mahan said.A second meeting was planned for the following day, but the suspect postponed the killings, which he initially wanted to occur this weekend, because of alibi concerns, police said.
Officers arrested him at his Janesville apartment on tentative homicide and conspiracy charges Wednesday. Online court records show formal charges haven't been filed yet. The man is expected to appear in court Friday afternoon. He said his uncle married his wife about a year ago in Russia and that the two met on the Internet.Rashkin said he is worried the man will be released on bond after an initial court appearance Friday afternoon. He said the couple can't live under police protection.
"Will our lives be in jeopardy again?" Rashkin asked.