Man convicted of conspiring to kill prosecutor, witnesses

Parley Drew Hardman, 50, was convicted on 10 different counts of soliciting a federal crime of violence, conspiracy to murder a federal official, conspiracy to retaliate against a federal witness, and conspiracy to commit interstate stalking.

Hardman was serving 15 years for trying to kill or maim his ex-wife, a Detroit dancer. While in prison, he attempted to find a contact with the Gambino crime family through another inmate so that he could exact revenge on Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny A.M. Koshy, two witnesses and his ex-wife.

That inmate told his attorney, who notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office. An FBI agent posing as a Mafia hit man spoke on the phone with Hardman and received $600 in travel expenses from Hardman’s girlfriend, Brenda L. Lampley. Lampley, 53, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy in May 2004.

Because the case involved an assistant U.S. Attorney in the region, the case was prosecuted by Department of Justice lawyers Michael Taxay and Edward Nucci.