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"&lt;img alt=\"1212-justin-bieber-article-1\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/12/1212-justin-bieber-article-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A convicted killer locked up in New Mexico plotted to have &lt;strong&gt;Justin Bieber&lt;/strong&gt; murdered and castrated ... but for some mysterious reason, he threw a wrench into his own plans -- this according to a local news report in New Mexico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href=\"http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/cops-nm-men-plotted-to-kill-bieber?hpt=ju_bn6\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KRQE News&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, convicted murderer &lt;strong&gt;Dana Martin&lt;/strong&gt; -- currently serving two life sentences for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Vermont in 2000 -- recruited a fellow inmate at Las Cruces prison named &lt;strong&gt;Mark Staake&lt;/strong&gt; to carry out the murder once Staake was released.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's unclear when the plot was originally hatched, but Staake and his nephew &lt;strong&gt;Tanner Ruane&lt;/strong&gt; -- whom Staake had later recruited to help -- reportedly planned to execute the murder plan in NYC last month, where Bieber was performing at MSG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1212-tanner-Ruane-mark-Staake\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/12/1212-tanner-ruane-mark-staake-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin reportedly told police the plan was to kidnap Bieber and his bodyguard and strangle them with paisley ties, Martin's calling card. Ruane was then going to castrate them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to KRQE, Martin is obsessed with Bieber and even has a tattoo of Bieber on his leg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for some reason Martin blew the whistle on his accomplices -- and Staake&amp;#160;was arrested in Vermont on outstanding warrants before carrying out the deed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ruane made it to NY with a stash of tools -- including pruning shears -- but according to the report police intercepted him before anything happened, and placed him under arrest."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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