FORT WORTH, Texas (MCT) — In a surprise move, the co-owner of an Arlington, Texas, strip club pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of trying to hire hit men to kill Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck and a contract attorney who handles cases involving adult businesses for the city.

Ryan Walker Grant, 34, co-owner of Flashdancer Cabaret, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge John McBryde at the Fort Worth federal courthouse. In exchange, prosecutors dropped an unrelated count of transferring a firearm to a known felon.