Prisoner tries to get ex-wife killed

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - A man already in an Ionia prison for trying to have his ex-wife killed admitted he tried to hire someone from inside prison to try and kill her again.

David Albers was already serving a nine- to 30-year sentence for hiring someone to kill his wife, Andrea. But while in prison, he learned about someone who could find a hit man to try and kill her again.

Albers twice met with the alleged hit man - an undercover state trooper - who agreed to kill Andrea for $2500.

Originally, Albers tried to hire a hit man between 2009-10.

For this attempt, Albers faces a federal sentence of 10 years. A judge will decide how the sentences will run.

He's now been transferred from Ionia to a Muskegon prison.