Man sues social worker he hired a hitman to kill

David Culver II claims Calista Garza told him he would ‘never see his children again’

David Culver II in police custody ((Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio))

An Ohio man who hired a hitman to kill a social worker, has filed a lawsuit against the woman and her employer.

David Culver II pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill social worker, Calista Garza, earlier this year, and is currently awaiting sentencing.

He is due to be sentenced on 15 July, after the original date in March was postponed, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Mr Culver II was arrested in May 2019, after he contacted a man from Michigan, who had a significant criminal history, and said he wanted to get rid of someone “ASAP,” according to the Toledo Blade.

On 18 May, Mr Culver II met an undercover police officer, who was posing as the hitman, at a restaurant in Bryan, Ohio.

Mr Culver II told the undercover officer details about Ms Garza and gave them a down payment of $200 (£158), towards the job. He was immediately arrested when he left the restaurant.

The 36-year-old, who is originally from Florida, filed a complaint against Ms Garza and her employer, the Williams County Job and Public Services Agency, on 3 June.

Mr Culver II claims that he has was discriminated against and harassed by Ms Garza and her employers, after the social worker and a colleague started investigating Mr Culver II and his wife, according to the outlet.

Mr Culver II claims in his complaint that when he was travelling to the family’s new residence in Florida, he received a call from the social worker, who told him he “would never see his children again.”

In the lawsuit, he also claims that Ms Garza followed him repeatedly and called him 30 times in one day after he refused to give his children to her.

Mr Culver II added: “I did make a report to the State of Ohio about her and to one of her supervisors and one to the courts and no one sounded interested in talking to her about it.

“She also followed me to stores, to work, called my clients and told them false statements about me, as my clients would state,” according to the Blade.

He is asking for $25,000 (£20,453) in damages for physical and emotional distress.