PHILADELPHIA, PA — A South Jersey woman is facing federal charges accusing her of using a cellphone in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting two people in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Jaclyn D. Diiorio, also known as “D,” 28, of Runnemede, New Jersey, was arrested and charged by indictment with two counts of using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The federal indictment alleges that between approximately March 30 and April 5, 2025, Diiorio used and caused another person to use a cellphone with the intent that two people identified in court records as Person #1 and Person #2 be murdered in exchange for money.
Each count pertains to one of the two alleged intended victims. The indictment alleges the proposed killings would have violated Pennsylvania murder and conspiracy laws.
Federal prosecutors are also seeking forfeiture of property allegedly connected to the offenses, including $500 in U.S. currency, according to the indictment.
The indictment was filed Sept. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and charges Diiorio under the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a).
Diiorio made her initial appearance in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid and was ordered held in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Sept. 14, according to federal prosecutors.
If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with assistance from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Gloucester Township Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force’s Camden Division. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kwambina Coker and Joshua Myers are prosecuting the case.
All suspects, arrestees, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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