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Sep 1, 2007 1:02 pm US/Central

Frazee Man Pleads Not Guilty To Hiring Hit Man

Fargo, N.D. (AP) ― A Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to trying to hire a hit man to paralyze or kill his estranged wife.

According to complaint, David Wayne Steffen, 48, of Frazee, Minn., planned to pay an undercover agent posing as a hit man $5,500 to paralyze his wife and $12,000 if she died.

Steffen's voice was barely audible as he pleaded not guilty Thursday in North Dakota's Cass County to a felony charge of soliciting an aggravated assault.

The charge stems from a series of taped conversations Steffen allegedly had with an undercover Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent last fall.

His wife has since filed for divorce.

Steffen is free on bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 24.

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