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Brides website changed life of man awaiting sentencing in death plot
Houston Chronicle ^ | August 27, 2012 | Cindy Horswell

Posted on 08/27/2012 4:43:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

David Sartin.......The 49-year-old's only scrape with the law had been a single traffic ticket - until he visited a "dream marriage" website that boasted the "hottest Russian brides."

Now he finds himself sitting in a jail cell, waiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty last week in Beaumont to attempted kidnapping and brandishing a firearm in connection with a bizarre murder-for-hire plot involving a Ukrainian blonde half his age.

The scheme involved abduction, lead poisoning and a fortified room that Sartin added onto his home where he allegedly planned to imprison his would-be wife.

Before his life spun out of control, the small-framed man was living thriftily. His only income came from a disability check following two surgeries on his back which he injured while installing loading dock equipment, relatives said.

Then three years ago, Sartin clicked on a website that described itself as the spot to meet "beautiful Russian women and sexy Ukrainian brides to be." It said it was designed for those seeking true love with "Western men."

......He also tells of spending thousands more taking her on lavish trips across Europe, giving her funds for living and school expenses and paying for photo shoots and record productions to jump start her singing career (clips of her singing were posted on YouTube).

The money apparently came from about $400,000 he gained from a divorce settlement in 2006. His ex-wife, Betty Sartin, who was married to him for 11 years, said she had to split her retirement fund with him that she'd accumulated while working at Mobil. "I was 13 years older than him, and he played me for a fool. Now he's met somebody a little smarter than him," she said....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: divorce; internet; marriage; socialmedia
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To: Cronos

It was sarcasm.


21 posted on 08/27/2012 7:38:46 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Now a hit tv series starring Judi Dench!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

But he was such a quiet neighbor; he always kept his lawn mowed, and ...


22 posted on 08/27/2012 8:12:42 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: throwback; Tax-chick

[b]A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.

Proverbs 31:10

I keep looking, but as Tax-chick said, all womyns are evils!

;-)


23 posted on 08/27/2012 9:05:59 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'm a-building me a rocket ship
to go where womerns don't give no lip
I'm a-blastin' off!
Baby, I'm Venus-bound!

24 posted on 08/27/2012 9:30:00 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: CSM; Izzy Dunne; throwback

I experienced a pre-coffee misplaced modifier incident: I really was trying to say that all men are the victims of evil women.


25 posted on 08/27/2012 9:34:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Now a hit tv series starring Judi Dench!)
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To: Tax-chick
Not to worry. When they call your name at the Judgment for this offense, many of us will sound off, “I am Tax-chick”.
26 posted on 08/27/2012 9:55:29 AM PDT by throwback (The object of opening the mind, is as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
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To: Tax-chick

It is true, all of us men ARE victims...well at least until we chose not to be anymore. At the same time, evil women will stay evil!


27 posted on 08/27/2012 10:54:25 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: a real Sheila

:)


28 posted on 08/27/2012 12:47:50 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: throwback
When they call your name at the Judgment for this offense, many of us will sound off, “I am Tax-chick”.

Thank you in advance. Bring wine!

29 posted on 08/27/2012 4:15:31 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Now a hit television series starring Judi Dench!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

What? You mean not only men get screwed out of their wages?! His ex must be disgusted.


30 posted on 08/27/2012 4:57:38 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: CSM
all womyns are evils!

Not my wife, who also, not coincidentally, happens to be the grandmother of my grandkids. Nothing makes a woman more valuable to you than when she loves and cares for your grandchildren.

31 posted on 08/27/2012 6:27:10 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: CSM
all womyns are evils!

Not my wife, who also, not coincidentally, happens to be the grandmother of my grandkids. Nothing makes a woman more valuable to you than when she loves and cares for your grandchildren.

32 posted on 08/27/2012 7:15:47 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Then surely your wife is a womAn and not a womYn! ;-)


33 posted on 08/28/2012 1:03:11 PM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: CSM

I see your point, now, and I agree.


34 posted on 08/28/2012 1:41:48 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Good! Now go give your wife a big hug! ;-)


35 posted on 08/28/2012 1:48:46 PM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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