A convicted murderer is running for office in Florida despite spending more than 30 years in prison for murder.
Michael Bruyette, 59, was convicted of second-degree murder in Massachusetts in 1985 and was paroled with special conditions in 2016 for good behavior.
Lisa Grimshaw reportedly paid him and two other men to kill her abusive husband on the condition that he share his $300,000 life insurance policy with them.
Bruyette was 19 when he beat the man to death with a bat, but insists he never intended to kill him.
‘My case never came to trial. I stepped forward and said, ‘Yes, I did,'” she said. Fox News Digital and claimed that prosecutors “made him out to be much more than he was.”
Convicted murderer Michael Bruyette, 59, is running for office in Florida despite spending more than 30 years in prison for murder.
Grimshaw took Bruyette and the men to a dock area where she pulled her husband out of the car by suggesting sex, according to state records.
Bruyette then repeatedly hit him with a baseball bat and took his wallet and the men left his body there and left the scene.
“Later that night, they cleaned the car and stayed at Mrs. Grimshaw’s apartment, where Bruyette and Grimshaw slept together,” the document states.
Bruyette was arrested and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder before receiving a life sentence.
“It’s nothing more than me intervening on a guy who kept repeatedly raping his ex-wife, breaking into her house and beating her. … One night, (the abuse) was going on, and this happened,” he said.
“I didn’t mean to kill this person.”
He was paroled in August 2002 due to good behavior, although he was initially denied parole.
Bruyette was then granted parole in 2007 and released in 2009, when he moved with his father and stepmother to Palm Bay.
“Bruyette took positive steps while on probation, including obtaining full-time employment with the city of Palm Bay in its maintenance department and reporting that he had an internship at the city’s wastewater management plant,” it states. your parole document.
But he was recalled to prison in 2011 after he allegedly punched a wall and told someone: “I’m going to kill you.”
He was arrested for the incident but later acquitted. Despite this, his probation was revoked for irresponsible behavior, association with a person with a known criminal record, and violation of the alcohol abstinence condition.
He was convicted of second-degree murder in Massachusetts in 1985 and was paroled with special conditions in 2016 for good behavior.
It is unclear when he was allowed to return to Florida, but he is now running for Seat 3 on the Palm Bay City Council.
It is unclear when he was allowed to return to Florida, but he is now running for Seat 3 on the Palm Bay City Council.
“I want this seat because no one does anything here,” he said. News 6.
‘I know what this city needs: we have nothing for children here. The complex is about 25 minutes away and there is a lot of crime.
‘We need an auxiliary station. We need more officers. We need a lot in this city.’
His parole officer allowed him to run for office.
“It’s certainly an opportunity to show people that I’ve changed, but it’s not the reason why (I’m running). I’m passionate about this. I love this city,” he added.
Bruyette insisted he reflected on the incident that landed him in jail, saying, “I regret getting involved because it cost me a lot of my life and it cost me a lot of judgment.”
‘That’s something I can’t let go of. You’ll just have to trust me… let me earn your trust.
The primary elections will take place on August 20, while the general election will take place on November 5.