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A Grammy-nominated heavy metal Christian rocker confessed his biggest sin Tuesday, telling a California court he tried to have his estranged wife murdered. 
  
 Tim Lambesis, the 32-year-old lead singer of the band As I Lay Dying, could face up to nine years in prison for asking a personal trainer at his gym last April to off Meggan Lambesis. 
  
 "He wanted to know if maybe I could find someone to do it for him," the trainer, Brett Kimball, testified at a pretrial hearing, KNSB-TV reported. 
  
 Kimball tipped off cops, who sent an undercover to meet with the heavily tattooed, long-haired rocker from Carlsbad, Calif. 
  
 Lambesis met the undercover, San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy Howard Bradley, and handed over $1,000 cash for expenses, as well as his wife’s address, including gate codes and pictures of her. 
  
 Singer Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying performs live on Nov. 7, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty Images) 
  
 He even gave the undercover the times of day the couple’s three adopted kids would be with him so no one would suspect the rocker had committed the crime. 
  
 Lambesis worried his wife would take more than half of his income during a messy divorce and refused to let him bring their children, whom they adopted from Ethiopia, on tour with him. 
  
 He eagerly agreed to pay the hitman $20,000 to do the deed, KNSB reported. 
  
 “Just to clarify, just so you know, I do want her dead,” Lambesis told Kimball as he sent the “assassin” on his way. 
  
 Tim Lambesis allegedly had become 'obsessed with bodybuilding' and may have been using steroids, his wife said in divorce papers. (Chris Pizzello/AP) 
  
 Cops later arrested Lambesis in a sting operation. 
  
 The couple spent eight years married before Meggan Lambesis filed for divorce in September 2012. She claimed in divorce papers that the rocker had become “obsessed with bodybuilding,” spent thousands of dollars getting inked up and paid little attention when the children were around. 
  
 Cops found steroids in a search of his home after police arrested the metal-head. 
  
 He’s out on $2 million bond as he awaits sentencing May 2. 
  
 Tim Lambesis seen after his May 2013 arrest for allegedly plotting to have his wife killed. (Bill Wechter/AP) 
  
 The band had recently returned from a tour in Asia shortly before his arrest. 
  
 The long-haired singer's band, formed in 2000, has released six albums. 
  
 The band's biggest hit was "An Ocean Between Us" which soared to No. 8 on the Billboard charts in 2007. 
  
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 FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2013 file photo, Timothy Lambesis, a co-founder of the Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying, appears in Vista Superior Court in San Diego, Calif. Lambesis pleaded guilty... (Associated Press) 
  
 Timothy Lambesis, 32, remains free on $2 million bond until he is sentenced May 2 on one count of solicitation of murder in Vista Superior Court, north of San Diego. 
  
 Lambesis was recorded telling an undercover agent that he wanted his wife killed, according to prosecutors. The investigation began last April after Lambesis allegedly told a personal trainer at his gym that he wanted to get rid of his wife. 
  
 The undercover agent, San Diego County Sheriff's Officer Howard Bradley, testified last year that Lambesis met him at an Oceanside bookstore in May and said he wanted his wife "gone." 
  
 Bradley said he asked Lambesis directly if he wanted his wife killed, and the singer replied, "'Yes, I do.'" 
  
 Lambesis said his wife, Meggan Lambesis, had restricted his visits with their three adopted children after they separated in September 2012, Bradley testified at a preliminary hearing. The singer also told the agent that he was angry that Meggan Lambesis would get a large share of his income in a divorce settlement. 
  
 Bradley said Lambesis told him at the end of their meeting, "Just to clarify, just so you know, I do want her dead." 
  
 As I Lay Dying formed in San Diego in 2000 and has released six albums, including 2007's "An Ocean Between Us," which reached No. 8 on Billboard's charts. A single from the album, "Nothing Left," was nominated for a Grammy for top metal performance. 
  
 The band plays in an aggressive style that features lightning-speed metal guitar riffs. The group's philosophical lyrics have attracted a following of Christian rock fans. ||||| The singer of the Grammy-nominated Christian metal band As I Lay Dying has pleaded guilty to his role in a murder-for-hire plot. 
  
 Tim Lambesis entered a guilty plea to one felony count of solicitation of murder in San Diego court Tuesday, admitting that he hired a hit man to kill his estranged wife. 
  
 As a result of a plea agreement, Lambesis could serve nine years according to a court clerk. 
  
 The Carlsbad resident was arrested in May 2013 on charges of solicitation of another to commit murder and conspiracy to commit a crime. 
  
 Prosecutors alleged that Lambesis approached a trainer from his gym and asked if the person knew anyone who could kill his wife, Meggan Lambesis of Del Mar. 
  
 "He wanted to know if maybe I could find someone to do it for him," personal trainer Brett Kimball testified at a pretrial hearing. 
  
 Lambesis provided the undercover agent with an envelope containing $1,000 cash for expenses, his wife’s address and gate codes, pictures of her and specific dates when he would have the children and thus, an alibi. 
  
 Lambesis explained he wanted his wife dead because she was going to get up to 60 percent of his income and would not allow their children – ages 4, 8, and 10 – to go on tour with him, the deputy testified. 
  
 Court documents reveal Meggan Lambesis had filed for divorce in September 2012 to end the couple’s 8-year marriage. 
  
 In the divorce records obtained by the Associated Press, Meggan Lambesis claims the rocker had become "obsessed with bodybuilding" and was distracted with the children, even falling asleep once while watching them. 
  
 She also claimed he has spent thousands of dollars on tattoos. 
  
 Lambesis is out on $3 million bail. Sentencing is scheduled for May 2. |||||
– A Christian heavy metal rocker pleaded guilty yesterday to hiring a hit man to murder his estranged wife, NBC San Diego reports. Prosecutors say Tim Lambesis, lead singer of Grammy-nominated California band As I Lay Dying, asked a personal trainer at his gym in April of last year if he could find someone to kill wife Meggan Lambesis, because she had filed for divorce in 2012 and he feared she would be granted a large settlement and would keep their three children from touring with him. Lambesis then gave $1,000 cash and all of his wife's information to an undercover agent who was supposed to carry out the plot, and was subsequently arrested in May. Lambesis was recorded telling the undercover agent he wanted his wife "gone," and when asked by the agent if Lambesis wanted his wife murdered, he said, "Yes, I do," the AP reports. The New York Daily News reports that he was willing to pay the "hit man" $20,000 for the job. In her divorce filing, Meggan Lambesis claimed her husband had become "obsessed with bodybuilding" and tattoos, may have been using steroids, and was inattentive while watching their children to the point that he once fell asleep. Lambesis claimed she started restricting his visits with the children when they separated after eight years of marriage. The 32-year-old will be sentenced May 2; he faces up to nine years in prison on charges of solicitation of murder and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Sammanfatta denna artikel: En Grammy-nominerad heavy metal Christian rocker bekände sin största synd tisdag, berättar en California domstol han försökte få sin främmande fru mördad. Tim Lambesis, den 32-årige sångaren i bandet As I Lay Dying, kunde möta upp till nio års fängelse för att ha bett en personlig tränare på sitt gym i april förra året om att få av Meggan Lambesis. "Han ville veta om jag kanske kunde hitta någon som kunde göra det åt honom", vittnade tränaren Brett Kimball vid ett förhör före rättegången, KNSB-TV rapporterade. Kimball tipsade poliser, som skickade en undercover för att träffa med den kraftigt tatuerade, långhåriga rockern från Carlsbad, Calif. Lambesis träffade undercover, San Diego County Sheriff's Vice Howard Bradley, och överlämnade $ 1000 kontanter för utgifter, samt hans frus adress, inklusive grindkoder och bilder på henne. Sångerskan Tim Lambesis av As I Lay Dying uppträder live den 7 november 2012 i Berlin, Tyskland. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty Images) Han gav till och med den undercover de tider på dagen parets tre adopterade barn skulle vara med honom så ingen skulle misstänka att rockern hade begått brottet. Lambesis oroade sig för att hans hustru skulle ta mer än hälften av hans inkomster under en stökig skilsmässa och vägrade att låta honom ta med sig sina barn, som de adopterade från Etiopien, på turné med honom. Han gick ivrigt med på att betala lönnmördaren 20 000 dollar för att utföra dådet, rapporterade KNSB. “Bara för att klargöra, bara så du vet, jag vill ha henne död,” Lambesis berättade Kimball när han skickade “assassin” på väg. Tim Lambesis påstås ha blivit "besatt av bodybuilding" och kan ha använt steroider, sade hans fru i skilsmässopapper. (Chris Pizzello/AP) Polisen arresterade senare Lambesis i en stingoperation. Paret var åtta år gift innan Meggan Lambesis ansökte om skilsmässa i september 2012. Hon hävdade i skilsmässopapper att rockern hade blivit "besatt av bodybuilding", spenderade tusentals dollar på att bli inlagd och gav inte mycket uppmärksamhet när barnen var i närheten. Polisen hittade steroider i en husrannsakan efter att polisen gripit metallskallen. Han är ute på $ 2 miljoner obligation som han väntar på domen 2 maj. Tim Lambesis såg efter sin arrestering i maj 2013 för att han påstås ha konspirerat för att få sin fru dödad. (Bill Wechter/AP) Bandet hade nyligen återvänt från en turné i Asien strax innan han greps. Den långhåriga sångerskans band, bildat 2000, har släppt sex album. Bandets största hit var "An Ocean Between Us" som svävade till No. 8 på Billboard-diagrammen 2007. Med nyheter Wire Services sgoldstein@nydailynews.com eller följ på Twitter Registrera dig för BREAKING NYHET E-post sekretesspolicy Tack för att du prenumererar! VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Ledsångaren i Grammy-nominerade metalbandet As I Lay Dying erkände sig skyldig tisdagen till att försöka anställa någon att döda sin främmande fru. FILE - I denna 16 september 2013 fil foto, Timothy Lambesis, en medgrundare av den kristna heavy metal bandet As I Lay Dying, visas i Vista Superior Court i San Diego, Calif. Lambesis erkände skyldig... (Associated Press) Timothy Lambesis, 32, förblir gratis på $ 2 miljoner obligationer tills han döms 2 maj på en räkning av uppmaning till mord i Vista Superior Court, norr om San Diego. Lambesis spelades in och berättade för en hemlig agent att han ville att hans fru skulle dödas, enligt åklagare. Utredningen inleddes i april förra året efter att Lambesis påstås ha berättat för en personlig tränare på sitt gym att han ville bli av med sin fru. Agenten från San Diego, sheriff Howard Bradley vittnade förra året att Lambesis träffade honom i en bokhandel i Oceanside i maj och sa att han ville ha sin fru "borta". Bradley sade att han frågade Lambesis direkt om han ville att hans fru skulle dödas, och sångerskan svarade: "'Ja, det gör jag.'" Lambesis sade att hans fru, Meggan Lambesis, hade begränsat sina besök med sina tre adopterade barn efter att de separerade i september 2012, vittnade Bradley vid ett preliminärt förhör. Sångaren berättade också för agenten att han var arg över att Meggan Lambesis skulle få en stor del av sin inkomst i en skilsmässouppgörelse. Bradley sa att Lambesis sa till honom i slutet av deras möte, "Bara för att klargöra, bara så du vet, jag vill ha henne död." Som I Lay Dying bildade i San Diego 2000 och har släppt sex album, bland annat 2007 års "An Ocean Between Us," som nådde No. Åtta på Billboards sjökort. En singel från albumet, "Nothing Left", nominerades till en Grammy för topp metal-framträdande. Bandet spelar i en aggressiv stil som har blixtsnabba metalgitarriff. Gruppens filosofiska texter har lockat ett följe av kristna rockfans. Sångaren i det Grammy-nominerade kristna metalbandet As I Lay Dying har erkänt sig skyldig till sin roll i en mord-för-hyra komplott. Tim Lambesis erkände ett brott mot mord i San Diegos domstol på tisdag. Han erkände att han anlitade en lönnmördare för att döda sin fru. Som en följd av ett avtal om överklagande kunde Lambesis avtjäna nio år enligt en domstolsnotarie. Den bofaste Carlsbad greps i maj 2013 på grund av åtal för att ha bett en annan att begå mord och konspiration att begå ett brott. Åklagare påstod att Lambesis närmade sig en tränare från sitt gym och frågade om personen kände någon som kunde döda hans fru, Meggan Lambesis av Del Mar. "Han ville veta om jag kanske kunde hitta någon som kunde göra det åt honom," personlig tränare Brett Kimball vittnade vid en förundersökning. Lambesis försåg agenten med ett kuvert som innehöll 1 000 dollar kontant för utgifter, hans hustrus adress och portkoder, bilder på henne och specifika datum då han skulle få barnen och därmed ett alibi. Lambesis förklarade att han ville se sin fru död eftersom hon skulle få upp till 60 procent av hans inkomst och inte skulle tillåta deras barn – i åldrarna 4, 8 och 10 – att följa med på turné, vittnade ställföreträdaren. Domstolshandlingar avslöjar Meggan Lambesis hade ansökt om skilsmässa i september 2012 för att avsluta parets 8-åriga äktenskap. I de skilsmässojournaler som erhölls av Associated Press hävdar Meggan Lambesis att rockern hade blivit "besatt av bodybuilding" och distraherades med barnen, och till och med somnade en gång medan han tittade på dem. Hon hävdade också att han har spenderat tusentals dollar på tatueringar. Lambesis är ute på tre miljoner dollar i borgen. Domen är planerad till den 2 maj. Â°°
Summarize this article: A Grammy-nominated heavy metal Christian rocker confessed his greatest sin Tuesday, tells a California court he tried to have his foreign wife murdered. Tim Lambesis, the 32-year-old singer of the band As I Lay Dying, could face up to nine years in prison for asking a personal coach at his gym last April to get off Meggan Lambesis. "He wanted to know if I might find someone who could do it for him," testified coach Brett Kimball at an pre-trial hearing, KNSB-TV reported. Kimball tipped off police officers, who sent an undercover to meet with the heavily tattooed, long-haired rocker from Carlsbad, Calif. Lambesis met undercover, San Diego County Sheriff's Vice Howard Bradley, and handed over $1,000 cash for expenses, as well as his wife's address, including gate codes and pictures of her. Singer Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying performs live on 7 November 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty Images) He even gave the undercover the times of the day the couple's three adopted children would be with him so no one would suspect that the rocker had committed the crime. Lambesis worried that his wife would take more than half of his income during a messy divorce and refused to allow him to take his children, whom they adopted from Ethiopia, on tour with him. He eagerly agreed to pay the assassin $20,000 to perform the deed, the KNSB reported. “Just to clarify, just so you know, I want her dead,” Lambesis told Kimball when he sent the “assassassin” on his way. Tim Lambesis allegedly became "possessed by bodybuilding" and may have used steroids, his wife said in divorce papers. (Chris Pizzello/AP) Police later arrested Lambesis in a sting operation. The couple were eight years married before Meggan Lambesis filed for divorce in September 2012. She claimed in divorce papers that the rocker had been "possessed by bodybuilding", spent thousands of dollars being hospitalized and gave little attention when the children were nearby. Police found steroids in a search warrant after police arrested the metal skull. He's out on $2 million bond as he waits for the verdict May 2. Tim Lambesis looked after his arrest in May 2013 for allegedly plotting to have his wife killed. (Bill Wechter/AP) The band had recently returned from a tour of Asia shortly before he was arrested. The long-haired singer's band, formed in 2000, has released six albums. The band's biggest hit was "An Ocean Between Us" soaring to No. 8 on the Billboard charts in 2007. With news Wire Services sgoldstein@nydailynews.com or follow on Twitter Sign up for BREAKING NEWS Email Privacy Policy Thank you for subscribing! VISTA, Calif. (AP) — The lead singer of Grammy-nominated metal band As I Lay Dying pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to hire someone to kill their alien wife. FILE - In this September 16, 2013 file photo, Timothy Lambesis, a co-founder of the Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying, appears in the Vista Superior Court in San Diego, Calif. Lambesis pleaded guilty... (Associated Press) Timothy Lambesis, 32, remains free of $2 million bonds until convicted May 2 on a bill of call for murder in the Vista Superior Court, north of San Diego. Lambesis was recorded and told a secret agent that he wanted his wife killed, according to prosecutors. The investigation began in April last year after Lambesis allegedly told a personal coach at his gym that he wanted to get rid of his wife. The agent from San Diego, Sheriff Howard Bradley testified last year that Lambesis met him at a bookstore in Oceanside in May and said he wanted his wife "gone". Bradley said he asked Lambesis directly if he wanted his wife killed, and the singer replied, "'Yes, I do.'" Lambesis said his wife, Meggan Lambesis, had limited her visits with his three adopted children after they separated in September 2012, testifying Bradley at a preliminary hearing. The singer also told the agent that he was angry that Meggan Lambesis would receive much of his income in a divorce settlement. Bradley said Lambesis told him at the end of their meeting, "Just to clarify, just so you know, I want her dead." As I Lay Dying formed in San Diego in 2000 and has released six albums, including the 2007 "An Ocean Between Us," which reached No. Eight on Billboard's chart. A single from the album, "Nothing Left", was nominated for a Grammy for top metal performance. The band plays in an aggressive style that features lightning-fast metal guitar riffs. The group's philosophical texts have attracted a following of Christian rock fans. The singer of Grammy-nominated Christian metal band As I Lay Dying has pleaded guilty to his role in a murder-for-rent plot. Tim Lambesis confessed to a crime of murder in San Diego's court on Tuesday, admitting that he hired an assassin to kill his wife. As a result of an appeal agreement, Lambesis was able to serve nine years according to a court clerk. The resident Carlsbad was arrested in May 2013 due to charges of asking another to commit murder and conspiracy to commit a crime. Prosecutors alleged that Lambesis approached a coach from his gym and asked if the person knew anyone who could kill his wife, Meggan Lambesis of Del Mar. "He wanted to know if maybe I could find someone who could do it for him," personal coach Brett Kimball testified at a preliminary investigation. Lambesis provided the agent with an envelope containing $1,000 in cash for expenses, his wife's address and gate codes, pictures of her and specific dates when he would have the children and thus an alibi. Lambesis explained that he wanted his wife dead because she would receive up to 60 percent of his income and would not allow their children – ages 4, 8 and 10 – to go on tour, the deputy testified. Court documents reveal Meggan Lambesis had filed for divorce in September 2012 to end the couple's 8-year marriage. In the divorce records obtained by the Associated Press, Meggan Lambesis claims that the rocker had been "possessed by bodybuilding" and distracted with the children, and even fell asleep once while watching them. She also claimed that he has spent thousands of dollars on tattoos. Lambesis is out on $3 million bail. The verdict is scheduled for May 2. <unk>
– En kristen hårdrockare erkände sig skyldig igår till att ha anlitat en lönnmördare för att mörda sin främmande fru, rapporterar NBC San Diego. Åklagare säger Tim Lambesis, sångare i Grammy-nominerade California bandet As I Lay Dying, frågade en personlig tränare på hans gym i april förra året om han kunde hitta någon att döda fru Meggan Lambesis, eftersom hon hade ansökt om skilsmässa 2012 och han fruktade att hon skulle beviljas en stor uppgörelse och skulle hålla deras tre barn från turnera med honom. Lambesis gav då 1 000 dollar i kontanter och all sin frus information till en undercoveragent som skulle utföra komplotten, och greps därefter i maj. Lambesis spelades in och sa till agenten att han ville ha sin fru "borta", och på frågan av agenten om Lambesis ville att hans fru skulle mördas, sa han, "Ja, det vill jag", säger AP. New York Daily News rapporterar att han var villig att betala "hit man" 20 000 dollar för jobbet. I sin skilsmässoansökan hävdade Meggan Lambesis att hennes man hade blivit "besatt av bodybuilding" och tatueringar, kan ha använt steroider, och var ouppmärksam medan de tittade på sina barn till den grad att han en gång somnade. Lambesis hävdade att hon började begränsa hans besök med barnen när de separerade efter åtta års äktenskap. 32-åringen döms 2 maj; han ställs inför upp till nio års fängelse på grund av uppmaning till mord och konspiration att begå brott.
“A Christian hard rocker pleaded guilty yesterday to hiring an assassin to murder his alien wife,” reports NBC San Diego. Prosecutors say Tim Lambesis, singer of Grammy-nominated California band As I Lay Dying, asked a personal coach at his gym last April if he could find someone to kill Mrs. Meggan Lambesis, because she had filed for divorce in 2012 and he feared she would be granted a big deal and would keep their three children from touring with him. Lambesis then gave $1,000 in cash and all his wife's information to an undercover agent who was to perform the plot, and was subsequently arrested in May. Lambesis was recorded and told the agent that he wanted his wife "away", and when asked by the agent if Lambesis wanted his wife murdered, he said, "Yes, I do," the AP says. The New York Daily News reports that he was willing to pay "hit man" $20,000 for the job. In her divorce application, Meggan Lambesis claimed that her husband had been "possessed by bodybuilding" and tattoos, may have used steroids, and was inattentive while looking at her children to the point that he once fell asleep. Lambesis claimed that she began limiting his visit with the children when they separated after eight years of marriage. The 32-year-old is sentenced May 2; he faces up to nine years in prison due to calls for murder and conspiracy to commit crimes.