SF Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled by Dame

Emerson Portillo, 24, of San Francisco, and Deonte Bennett, 24, of Oakland were arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly planning to kill Portillo's ex-girlfriend for $5,000. The failed hired hit almost happened on Friday when Bennett picked up the woman. Once inside the car, Bennett told her Portillo ordered him to kill her. The woman told Bennett she would pay him $2,500 not to kill her, according to reports. After going to her Bayview home and paying him several hundred dollars, Bennett let her go. She later called the police to report what had happened. Both men were booked on charges of "attempted murder, murder for hire, conspiracy and false imprisonment, and remain in custody." And Bennett was charged with "kidnapping, assault with a firearm, robbery, attempted extortion and drug possession."