Katy Drug Dealer, Co-Conspirator Receive Life Sentences for Murder-for-Hire Plot that Mistakenly Injured Innocent Man
A federal jury found the men guilty after prosecutors said they plotted to kill the wrong person over a decades-old affair.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge David Hittner sentenced Michael Seery, 43, and Ricardo Obando Jr., 51, to life in prison for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot that left an innocent driver wounded on the Grand Parkway.
- Prosecutors said Seery hired Obando to target a man over an alleged affair from 12 years ago, though the pair mistakenly shot an innocent driver on Feb. 4, 2025, along the Grand Parkway.
- Evidence presented during trial included dash-camera video of the shooting, cell phone surveillance data documenting months of planning, and a 3D printer Seery used to manufacture the firearm and silencer.
- FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge Jason Hudson said the case exemplified multi-agency collaboration, describing the prosecution as successfully removing these "dangerous individuals" from the streets.
- Seery and Obando remain in federal custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, while co-conspirator Matthew Rosas, 25, awaits sentencing after conviction on one count of aiding and abetting.
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Mistaken Identity Murder-For-Hire: Two Texas Men Get Life For Botched Highway Ambush - Tampa Free Press
A decade-old grudge and a catastrophic case of mistaken identity have culminated in life sentences for two Texas men involved in a cold-blooded murder-for-hire plot. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge David Hittner ordered Michael Seery, 43, of Katy, and Ricardo Obando Jr., 52, of Houston, to spend the rest of their lives in federal prison. […] Mistaken Identity Murder-For-Hire: Two Texas Men Get Life For Botched Highway Ambush
Two Houston-area men sentenced to life in prison for botched murder-for-hire plot
According to federal prosecutors, Matthew Seery hired Ricardo Obando Jr. to kill a man whom he believed had been having an affair with his wife. They mistakenly targeted another man, who was shot multiple times but survived.
Katy drug dealer, co-conspirator receive life sentences for murder-for-hire plot that mistakenly injured innocent man
Two men have been sentenced to life in federal prison for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot that left a Katy-area man seriously wounded as he drove to work.
2 Houston-area men get life in prison in murder-for-hire plot against wrong man, officials say
U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck said two men were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in a conspiracy that resulted in the shooting of a Katy man on his way to work.
The Killeen Daily Herald
Katy man survives murder plot; two sentenced to life
HOUSTON, Texas — Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in a conspiracy that led to the shooting of a Katy man, according to Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.
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