Couple busted in murder-for-hire plot

GOOD EVENING.. I'M ANN
NYBERG. I'M DARREN KRAMER.
A COUPLE FROM ORANGE ARE
LOCKED UP TONIGHT..
ACCUSED IN A 'MURDER FOR HIRE'
PLOT... POLICE SAY THEY
TRIED TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO KILL
TWO PEOPLE... THE MAN'S
ESTRANGED WIFE... AND THE
WOMAN'S EX-HUSBAND. NEW'S
8'S ANNIE ROURKE HAS BEEN ON
THE STORY ALL DAY..
SHE'S LIVE IN NEWS 8 CONTROL
TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. THE
AFFADAVITS HAVE BEEN SEALED IN
THE CASE SO YOU DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO
KILL WHO OR HOW THIS WAS ALL
GOING TO HAPPEN.. BUT POLICE
HAVE NOW ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE..
CHARGING THEM WITH PLOTTING TO
MURDER THEIR EXES.
50-YEAR-OLD GREGORY
CHRISTOFAKIS FACED A JUDGE IN
MILFORD SUPERIOR COURT TODAY..
ON CHARGES OF PLOTTING A
MURDER FOR HIRE SCHEME. WE'RE
TOLD HE WAS GOING TO BE IN
COURT NEXT WEEK ANYWAY.. ON
OCTOBER 12TH.. FOR DIVORCE
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIS 4TH
WIFE. CHRISTOFAKIS IS NOW
BEHIND BARS ON A ONE-MILLION
DOLLAR BOND.. ALLEGEDLY FOR
ORDERING HIS SOON-TO-BE EX TO
BE MURDERED. HIS GIRLFRIEND..
44-YEAR-OLD ZIBA GUY WAS ALSO
ARRAIGNED IN THE CASE..
GETTING A 500-THOUSAND DOLLAR
BOND.. FOR ALLEGEDLY WANTING
TO KILL HER EX-HUSBAND. (HAVE
YOU EVER BEEN AFRAID OF HER?)
YEAH, SHE GOT ARRESTED LAST
YEAR FOR THREATENING ME, SAID
I WAS GOING TO BE KILLED WITH
ONE OF MY OWN FIREARMS. HE
TELLS US.. THEY WERE ONLY
MARRIED 10 MONTHS.. BUT HE
CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS
WITH HER. ZIBA NOW LIVES WITH
CHRISTOFAKIS.. HERE ON MARSH
HILL ROAD IN ORANGE.. AND THE
COUPLE WORKS TOGETHER IN
MILFORD.NOW THIS IS
CHRISTAFAKIS' BUSINESS, GREG'S
AUTOBODY, ZIBA GUY WORKED HERE
AS WELL, SHE IS ACTUALLYA
DOCTOR, SHE'S AN OB-GYN, WE'RE
TOLD THAT SHE PRACTICED IN NEW
YORK, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY,
BUT HAS NEVER PRACTICED HERE
IN CONNECTICUT.WE'RE TOLD,
INSTEAD OF PRACTICING
MEDICINE.. SHE SOLD PURSES OUT
OF THE AUTO BODY SHOP. SHE HAD
THE PURSES AND THEN SHE WAS
ALWAYS HANGING OUT OVER THERE,
EVERY TIME I WENT OVER THERE,
SHE JUST ALWAYS HAD AN
ATTITUDE TOWARDS US SO I JUST
STOPPED TALKING TO HER.FOLKS
WORKING ON NEW HAVEN AVENUE
WATCHED THE SCENE UNFOLD TODAY.
POLICE WERE THERE ALL DAY,
ALL DAY, THERE WAS PROBABLY
WHAT, LIKE 5 COP CARS THERE,
5, 6. BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA
ABOUT THE MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT.
WHEN THAT GUY TOLD ME IT WAS
THAT I WAS LIKE THERE'S NO
WAY, I NEVER WOULD'VE BELIEVED
IT IN A MILLION YEARS. IT DOES
SEEM LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A
MOVIE.. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
THIS COUPLE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR
THEIR CHARITY WORK. IN FACT,
NEWS 8 DID A STORY WITH THEM
JUST THIS PAST MAY.. A LITTLE
THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL SUFFERING
FROM CEREBRAL PALSY AND
EPILEPSY WAS IN NEED OF A NEW
WHEELCHAIR.. CHRISTOFAKIS AND
ZIBA STEPPED UP.. HOLDING A
CAR WASH AT GREG'S AUTO BODY
AND DONATING A PORTION OF THE
PROCEEDS FROM THEIR BUSINESS.
STILL, FOLKS WHO KNEW THEM
SAY.. SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.I
NEVER THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT'D
BE DRUGS OR TAX EVASION OR
INSURANCE FRAUD. IN COURT..
ZIBA'S ATTORNEY DID REFERENCE
A STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY AND
MEDICATION. SHE'S GOT A DRUG
PROBLEM AND SHE'S GOT SOME
KIND OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER.
PROBLEM AND SHE'S GOT SOME
THE COUPLE WILL BE BACK IN
COURT ON OCTOBER 23RD. LIVE
IN NEWS 8 CONTROL.. AR.. N8.