Woman Given 5 Years Probation in Murder
Under terms of a plea bargain agreed to in January, a Northridge woman who admitted that she helped arrange the contract murder of a friend’s husband was placed on probation for five years.
Joyce A. Reynolds, 47, who appeared before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert R. Devich, has already served more than a year in Los Angeles County Jail.
Reynolds has agreed to testify against two former Los Angeles police officers, Richard H. Ford and Robert A. Von Villas, who are accused of murdering Thomas Weed in February, 1983, in exchange for a $20,000 payment from Weed’s estranged wife.
Reynolds had once been charged with murder. She was allowed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of murder solicitation.
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