SHE MET A ‘HITMAN’ ON TINDER — THEN DISCOVERED HE WAS SECRETLY WORKING WITH POLICE

New Jersey hairdresser Jaclyn Diiorio is accused of offering $12,000 to have her former boyfriend and his 19-year-old daughter killed. But the man she allegedly believed could carry out the plan was actually a confidential informant.

A New Jersey woman is facing federal charges after prosecutors accused her of attempting to arrange the killings of her former boyfriend and his teenage daughter through a man she met on Tinder.

Jaclyn D. Diiorio, 28, of Runnemede, New Jersey, was indicted this week on two federal counts alleging she used interstate commerce facilities in an attempt to commission murder-for-hire.

The case stems from an alleged plot that began in March 2025 — and took a dramatic turn when the supposed hitman contacted authorities.

THE TINDER CONNECTION

According to prosecutors, Diiorio connected with a confidential informant on Tinder in March 2025.

The man allegedly presented himself as someone capable of carrying out a killing.

Authorities say Diiorio began communicating with him through phone calls and text messages between March 31 and April 3.

During those conversations, prosecutors allege she discussed targeting her former boyfriend, Matthew O’Hanlon, a 53-year-old Philadelphia police officer.

She allegedly also wanted his 19-year-old daughter targeted.

The alleged plan came only weeks after Diiorio and O’Hanlon’s relationship had ended.

According to previous court documents cited by People, the pair had met while Diiorio was working as his barber. Their relationship reportedly ended on March 6, 2025.

THE $12,000 PLAN

Prosecutors allege Diiorio offered approximately $12,000 for the two killings.

The alleged meetings quickly moved from dating-app conversations to real-world encounters.

On March 31, Diiorio and the confidential informant reportedly met at a Wawa convenience store in Runnemede.

A few days later, on April 4, they allegedly met again in the parking lot of a Dollar General store in Gloucester Township.

This time, prosecutors say, Diiorio handed over $500 in cash as a down payment.

She allegedly planned to pay the remaining money in installments.

But the man she believed was a potential hitman had already alerted investigators.

THE ‘HITMAN’ WAS ACTUALLY AN INFORMANT

According to authorities, the confidential informant contacted Camden County detectives and reported the alleged plan.

Investigators then notified the Philadelphia Police Department and the alleged intended target.

Diiorio was arrested shortly after the April 4 meeting by officers from the Gloucester Township Police Department’s Special Response Team.

Authorities also reported finding an unlabeled bottle of pills believed to contain alprazolam during the arrest, although that allegation is separate from the federal murder-for-hire charges.

PROSECUTORS SAY IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HER FIRST ATTEMPT

One of the most striking allegations in the case is that investigators believe the Tinder encounter may not have been Diiorio’s first attempt to arrange the killings.

Prosecutors say she allegedly told the confidential informant that other people had previously deceived her by providing fake photographs that supposedly showed the killings had already been carried out.

The allegation has not been proven in court.

FROM STATE CHARGES TO FEDERAL COURT

After her arrest, Diiorio initially faced state charges in New Jersey, including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Those charges were later dismissed after federal prosecutors took over the case.

On September 9, 2026, federal prosecutors announced the new indictment.

Diiorio made her initial federal court appearance the same day and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for September 14. If convicted, she faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in federal prison on the federal charges.

HER ATTORNEY CLAIMS ENTRAPMENT

Diiorio’s attorney, Robert Gamburg, has said she intends to plead not guilty.

Her defense has also challenged the circumstances surrounding the investigation, arguing that the confidential informant engaged in entrapment and questioning his motivations and conduct.

Those arguments will now be tested in federal court.

The government, meanwhile, alleges that Diiorio knowingly attempted to arrange the killings and took concrete steps toward making the plan happen.

THE CASE NOW MOVES FORWARD

What began with an encounter on a dating app has developed into a federal murder-for-hire case involving a police officer, his daughter, a confidential informant and an alleged $12,000 plan.

For now, the most important questions will be decided in court: what Diiorio intended, what communications actually took place, and whether the evidence supports the federal allegations against her.

Jaclyn Diiorio has not been convicted of the charges and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.