Advertisement Inmate accused of offering $30 to have officer killed Complaint: Alijouwon Watkins wanted officer killed so he couldn't testify Share Shares Copy Link Copy

A Dane County Jail inmate accused of trying to arrange to have a Madison police officer killed is headed to trial.A criminal complaint says 20-year-old Alijouwon Watkins tried to have another inmate find someone to kill the officer who had arrested him following a domestic battery incident. The complaint said Watkins wanted the officer killed so she couldn't testify against him. The inmate went to authorities.A federal agent posed as a hit man. Prosecutors said Watkins talked to the hit man, known as "Johnny," and told him he had $30 in his jail account he could give to him.A not guilty plea was entered for Watkins in Dane County Circuit Court Tuesday.Watkins is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and two other counts.9737608