CAMDEN, N.J. -- A man pleaded guilty Friday to offering a $1.5 million bounty over the Internet to anyone who killed an abortion provider.
Nicholas Morency, 30, also pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, which was found on his computer during the investigation.
Authorities said Morency created a Web site in 1999 suggesting an abortion provider he identified by name as a suitable target. The site came down two days after it was reported to the FBI.
"There was no evidence he had the financial wherewithal to pay the bounty," U.S. Attorney Robert J. Cleary said. "But the crime is a serious one."
Morency could get a year in prison and a $100,000 fine for intimidating an abortion provider. He could receive five years and a $250,000 fine on the child pornography charge. Sentencing was set for June 22.
