Alleged Contract Criminals Bayron Bennett, Fausto Villar, Avery Bivins, Clementa Johnson, Vernon Green, Diori Barnard, Jerren Keith Howard, Michael Jose Dulfo, Edner Etienne Face Life Imprisonment

A superseding indictment has been returned charging Florida residents Bayron Bennett, 33, of Miami, Fausto Villar, 42, of Miami, Avery Bivins, 36, of Miami Gardens, Clementa Johnson, 47, of Tallahassee, Vernon Green, 53, of Miami, Diori Barnard, 47, of Miami, Jerren Keith Howard, 38, of Miami, Michael Jose Dulfo, 42, of Miami, and Edner Etiennem 27, of Miami, for their respective involvement in a campaign to stalk, torment and attempt to kill a victim. 

If convicted, the defendants face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

According to the court record, including the superseding indictment, since roughly 2022, the victim was subjected to a protracted stalking and attempted murder campaign involving criminal acts, multiple arsons, poisonings, an automobile crash, and an instance where contract criminals brandished a firearm in furtherance of a plot to kill the victim.

As part of this investigation, law enforcement learned that the scheme against the targeted victim was accompanied by efforts to obstruct justice.