Jaclyn Diiorio #

Introduction #

Jaclyn Diiorio is a hairdresser from Runnemede, New Jersey, who was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2026 on charges that she tried to hire a hitman she met on Tinder to kill her ex-boyfriend — a Philadelphia police officer — and his teenage daughter. The federal indictment, filed September 3, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and unsealed about a week later, charges the 28-year-old with two counts of using interstate commerce facilities — in her case, a cell phone — in an attempt to commission a murder-for-hire. She had already spent roughly seventeen months facing nearly identical state charges in Camden County, where she was arrested in April 2025 after handing a $500 down payment to a man she allegedly believed was a contract killer but who was actually a confidential informant. Camden County dropped its case after the federal indictment was filed, and Diiorio — who plans to plead not guilty and has called the case entrapment — faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.

Background Information #

According to Camden County prosecutors, Diiorio met her ex-boyfriend, identified in charging documents and news reports as Philadelphia Police Officer Matthew O’Hanlon, while working as his barber, and the two dated for about a year. O’Hanlon told authorities he ended the relationship on March 6, 2025, roughly a month before the alleged murder-for-hire plot began. Court records cited in news reports also describe prior friction between the two: Diiorio filed a temporary restraining order against O’Hanlon in August 2024 that she later dropped, and O’Hanlon reported that his home was damaged in an uncharged Molotov cocktail attack the following month. At the time of her April 2025 arrest, Diiorio was working part-time as a hair colorist at Moxie Hair Salon in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, according to FOX 29 reporting cited by Hoodline.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation #

Allegations. The claims in this section are allegations from prosecutors’ court filings — the September 3, 2026 federal indictment and the earlier Camden County criminal complaint and affidavit of probable cause. Charging documents record accusations; they are not findings of guilt, nothing has been adjudicated at trial, and Diiorio has not been convicted of anything. She plans to plead not guilty and, through her attorney, calls the case entrapment.

Prosecutors allege that from around March 30 to April 5, 2025, Diiorio used her cell phone to arrange a contract killing across state lines, exchanging calls and text messages with a man she had matched with on the dating app Tinder. The two first met in person at a Wawa in Runnemede on March 31, 2025, and during those conversations Diiorio allegedly said she wanted her ex-boyfriend dead and revealed that he was a police officer, according to Camden County prosecutors. On April 4, 2025, she met the man again in the parking lot of a Dollar General in Gloucester Township and handed over $500 in cash as a down payment on an alleged $12,000 contract, prosecutors said. The man was actually a confidential informant working with Camden County detectives, who had been tipped off days earlier; the informant was wearing a wire during the meeting, and the Gloucester Township Police Special Response Team arrested Diiorio immediately after the cash changed hands.

At the arrest, authorities said, Diiorio was carrying an unlabeled bottle of pills suspected to be alprazolam. She was charged in state court with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, and one count of third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Prosecutors also said the April plot was not her first attempt: Diiorio allegedly told the informant she had previously been deceived by others who gave her “fake pictures” purporting to show a completed contract killing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The September 2026 federal indictment offers few new details, naming the intended victims only as Person #1 and Person #2 and alleging that Diiorio used a cell phone to facilitate the interstate plan — the jurisdictional hook that let federal prosecutors absorb the state case.

Public Reaction and Consequences #

The case drew national attention, with the Inquirer describing the story as one that “captured national attention from true-crime enthusiasts and curious readers alike,” and it was covered by outlets including CNN, the New York Post, Patch, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The immediate consequence of the federal indictment was the collapse of the state prosecution: Camden County dropped its case against Diiorio in response to the federal charges, and federal prosecutors took over. A conviction on the federal murder-for-hire charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Camden County prosecutors declined to comment on the entrapment allegations, and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declined to comment on the indictment.

Current Status #

Diiorio is in federal custody. She made her first appearance in federal court on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the day the indictment was unsealed, and a detention hearing is scheduled for Monday, September 14, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid. Her attorney, Robert Gamburg, said she will enter a not guilty plea at the hearing. Earlier in 2026, Gamburg moved to throw out the Camden County charges, arguing prosecutors relied on evidence gathered through entrapment; his filings describe the informant as a desperate, money-seeking “rogue operator” — a longtime paid operative for the Camden County Sheriff’s Office who texted his handler “I got a girl who wants her bf killed” and then went days with his communications with Diiorio unmonitored by detectives.

Impact on Their Career/Life #

Diiorio has been jailed since her April 2025 arrest: at a hearing days after the arrest, a judge denied her request for bail and ordered her held ahead of trial, according to WPVI reporting cited by CNN. Her work as a hair colorist at Moxie Hair Salon in Doylestown ended with the arrest, and more than a year of pretrial detention has now continued under federal custody as the case moves to a new prosecutor and court. If convicted on the federal counts, she faces up to 20 years in prison. The entrapment dispute over how the Tinder relationship with the informant began remains the central question of her defense, and the allegations against her have not been tested at trial — she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.