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Newlywed Charged With Plot on Husband

By SARAH LARIMER

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MIAMI (Aug. 6) - A South Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly hiring an undercover police officer to kill her husband of six months, authorities said.

Dalia Dippolito, 26, was charged with solicitation to commit first-degree murder and taken to the Palm Beach County jail, Boynton Beach Police Department spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said. Bond had not yet been set and it was unclear if she had an attorney.

Dippolito gave an informant pictures of her husband, 38-year-old Michael Dippolito, and $1,200 for a hit man to purchase a handgun, according to a probable cause affidavit. She also offered to create an alibi for herself and detailed her husband's daily schedule.

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An undercover officer posing as a hit man called Dippolito on Monday afternoon and arranged a meeting. The officer asked for $3,000 in cash and a key to the couple's home. The undercover officer later met Dippolito in a pharmacy parking lot and asked if she was sure she wanted her husband killed.

She laughed, according to the according to the affidavit, and said: "I will be very happy."

Dippolito discussed getaway routes, her home's security system, the location of her husband on Wednesday and the fee for the task, and the officer again asked if the woman was sure.

"I'm not going to change my mind," she responded, according to the documents. "I am 5,000 percent sure I want it done. When I set my mind to something, I get it done."

Authorities staged an elaborate crime scene outside the Dippolito home on Wednesday morning, complete with yellow crime tape and several police vehicles.

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Newlywed Plot? Dalia Dippolito, 26, of Boynton Beach, Fla., was arrested Wednesday on charges that she tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband. The couple have been married for six months. An undercover officer posed as the hit man, police said.

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"The bottom line is, we wanted her to believe without question that when she arrived that her husband was dead," Slater said.

Officers then contacted Dippolito at her gym and told her to come to the house. When an officer told Dippolito that her husband was dead, she broke down in tears, a video of the operation shows.

Dippolito was then taken to the Boynton Beach Police Department, where she was told of the investigation and arrested. Michael Dippolito, who was informed of the case Wednesday morning, was also at the police department, as was the undercover officer who Dalia Dippolito believed was going to kill her husband, according to a police news release.

A call to a telephone number listed for Michael Dippolito connected with a signal that sounded like a fax machine. A call to a cell phone number for Dalia Dippolito was unanswered and a message was not immediately returned.

"It seems like it just hasn't hit him yet," Slater said of Michael Dippolito. "But the more he thinks about it, the more things that have happened over the past couple months are starting to make sense to him."

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Royam13

04:55 PMAug 06 2009

O K bitch's, how you going to blame the MAN for this.

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Adamantthe1st21

04:54 PMAug 06 2009

dalia is an israeli name.... no wonder she wanted his insurance money !

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Heliapple

04:54 PMAug 06 2009

Donamorri 04:39 PMAug 06 2009 CALL YOUR SENATORS stoies like these are unimportant .YOUR healthcare is at stake.>>>>>>>I HATE GETTING OFF TOPIC BUT I HAVE TO RESPOND. Now, whether you know it or not, you are already paying. I have worked in the medical field for 20 almost 21 years. When your neighbor with no insurance come to the ER, we have to treat them. Guess who pays? When you other neighbor who routinely waits until the doctors office is closed then comes to the ER, Guess who pays? When your neighbor has had a symptom for 3 months then for some unknown reason decides to come to the ER, Guess who pays? All those individuals who have Medicaid that have NEVER worked, have multiple dependants, or just plain know how to work the system, Guess who pays----YOU DO! You have been paying all along but because a president you hate proposes a solution you hate you object. I say leave it as it is and you can continue to pay but just don't realize it. SORRY FOR ...

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Blondey56342

04:54 PMAug 06 2009

Rich88865 04:29 PMAug 06 2009 I'll wait for you baby, we'll get that bastardOmg your sick as this woman........................

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Gnsianya

04:53 PMAug 06 2009

shame on this girl she needs jesus

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Lilviolet262

04:53 PMAug 06 2009

"Tampasun", I'm guessing the 45 refers to your IQ?! You could only make such ridiculous comments if you had indeed met EVERY single woman in Florida. Which, clearly, you have not because this woman would have run over with her Hummer on the way to her job with a LAW ENFORCEMENT agency. Single, educated women of Florida, rejoice! It means you haven't hooked up with THIS jerk!!

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Cicorio

04:52 PMAug 06 2009

What a cheap azz Trailer Trash piece of shi-. Hope she meets some big, big women in the showers when they put her tired azz there. Save tax payers time and money. Toss her to bulls in prison for fun and let them have their way with her. Stuff her mouth with toilet tissue, after each use!

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tampasun45

04:52 PMAug 06 2009

I might have been a bit harsh, and I apologize, but that is what I've experienced thus yet.

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Willow200

04:51 PMAug 06 2009

YAAAAY Heliapple in regard to TampaSun's dilemma... !! He must be UGLY and smelly!!!

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AILE12

04:51 PMAug 06 2009

Hi Tampasum45, you're probably looking at white girls, trailer trash..look for a nice Cuban girl, but then again, I don't think we'll give you the time of day.. you sound to stupid! we like real men. loser! tampasun45 04:36 PMAug 06 2009 Florida girls are all trashy,,,I just moved here a few years ago from nyc,,, I cant even find one decent one,, ALL TRASH, NO EXCEPTIONS....very low education level, very low ambitions, no goals. just trashy. Dont move here if your a single man looking for a decent wife.

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