FAIRBANKS — A former Fairbanks chiropractor and gun dealer received 17 years in prison for soliciting the murder of federal officers and others involved in an investigation against him in a separate murder-for-hire plot.
Guy Christopher Mannino, 57, was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of trying to have a witness and two federal agents killed while he was behind bars, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. A jury acquitted him in February of targeting his public defender and a third federal agent.
Prosecutors say Mannino tried to hire a fellow inmate in 2014 to kill those who investigated allegations he tried to order the death of an attorney in 2013. The inmate approached authorities and agreed to help gather evidence against Mannino.
In the initial case, Mannino was not charged with trying to get a fellow firearms enthusiast to kill an attorney for an opponent in a lawsuit. The man notified authorities and agreed to act as an informant.
Mannino pleaded guilty to weapons charges in the initial case, acknowledging he transferred an unregistered Sten 9mm machine gun and a silencer for a rifle to another person. Prosecutors argued he transferred the weapons as part of the murder-for-hire plot. Mannino got three years in prison.
Scott Dattan, Mannino’s attorney, asked the judge for a prison sentence of no more than 10 years for his client in the most recent case, citing his age and poor health.
He was moved from a Fairbanks prison to one in Anchorage after another inmate beat him severely.
“In all probability he will continue to be victimized by younger, larger inmates, thereby further increasing the actual costs of incarceration,” Dattan wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Bottini said he was satisfied with the 17-year term.
