By Tori Richards
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Skylar's attorney, Gary Pohlson, did not return phone calls seeking comment.
But if you ask the prosecutor, he'll say that Jennifer ran the show and was the driving force behind everything.
"She is the dominant one in the relationship, she wears the pants," Murphy said.
Authorities say the pair had a familiar routine — they wasted money, ran up massive debt and then killed or swindled people to repay their loans.
The Deleons owned a Ford Explorer that was outfitted with about $40,000 worth of high-end off-road equipment that was of the caliber used exclusively by professional racers, authorities said. And they also owned a Sea Ray that they spent $17,000 equipping with gear to become a dive boat.
Skylar was an avid scuba diver who was only a few lessons away from becoming a dive master, someone who instructed novices. It was his dream to travel to Mexico, using the boat as his business and residence, authorities said. He even tattooed himself with a Navy SEAL insignia, even though he was never in that branch of service.
Like so many of his dreams, nothing seemed to come to fruition. He always needed cash to finance existing debt or new ventures.
He even conspired to steal his in-laws' 401k pension plan, said attorney Mike Molfetta.
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