Fake Beard Foils Gunman

A man accused of trying to kill his lover’s husband in Bethesda, Maryland, was foiled when the fake beard he was wearing started to come off. Frank Cipriani, 43, is charged with attempted murder. He was expected to be released on $200,000 bond. Cipriani, who works for the U.S. Census Bureau, was allegedly having an affair with a married colleague. Prosecutors say he had developed an elaborate plan to get rid of the woman’s husband, going to great lengths to obtain his fingerprints and typing a fake suicide note to make the death look like a suicide. He allegedly entered a house being built by the husband and wife by posing as a building inspector. Prosecutors say the plot was foiled when Cipriani’s fake beard fell off and the husband escaped through the front door.