A 70-year-old Louisiana man has been charged in a " killing for hire " case in which he allegedly got a hit man to shoot his wife dead because they were getting a divorce and he didn't want to give up his "community property," according to local officials.

Charles Johnson, of Houma, and his alleged assassin, Shannon Robinson, 43, were both arrested this week for the 2015 murder of 56-year-old Pamela Johnson, according to local officials. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office and District Attorney Joseph Waitz announced the charges at a press conference Wednesday that was broadcast by local NBC affiliate WDSU .

"It was a divorce going bad, and he felt like he had to do away with her to protect his property," Waitz told reporters. "That's what we suspect."

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