Horses (and estranged wives) in Scottdale, Pa., can breathe a sigh of relief, as resident Joseph Mendicino pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he: "took out a contract on his estranged wife’s horses and tried to have her run off the road for testifying against him during a hearing in November," according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

The story behind this is incredible–they report that Mendicino, angry that the wife testified against him, tried to arrange for two of her three horses to be killed while he was serving time in the county prison. Fortunately, the inmate he approached about this turned him in