Sorry, folks, I intended to post this last night as soon as the story was finished but ran into some obligatory computer problems.

The story is straightforward and speaks for itself; police officials don't feel this detective was in any immediate danger, but the mere fact that two accused killers started to work on a plot to take him out is flat-out disturbing. For those just joining us, here's what happened:

Two accused local murderers were apparently scheming to take out a cop who put both of them behind bars.
About a week ago, police officials learned that Terrence Snead, 26, and Gerald Waters, 33, were overheard in prison discussing a plot to kill the Homicide Division detective whose investigation led to their arrests, a police source said.

The two accused killers hadn't yet formed an actual plan, but Waters did manage to get the detective's name and home address, which he passed on to Snead, the source said.

Both men are locked up at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia.

The detective and his family didn't appear to be in any imminent danger, but the Police Department has taken normal precautionary measures and assigned extra protection to the detective's family, the source added.

The District Attorney's Office is expected to approve misdemeanor charges of terrorist threats against Snead and Waters.

Homicide investigators last night charged Snead with the Jan. 14, 2007, fatal shooting of Brian Burns, 18, on Newkirk Street near Jefferson in North Philadelphia.

Snead also was charged last night with attempted murder in the shooting of a 29-year-old man in that same case, investigators said.

Snead was first arrested on Jan. 17 in the April 28, 2006, murder of Terrence Hawkins, 26.

Waters was arrested in 2005 for a June 2004 murder, according to court records. *