boynton beach police say 26-year-old dahlia dippolito tried to pay a hit man $3,000 to kill her husband. turns out that hit man was an undercover police officer tipped off by a confidential informant. bombshell developments in an alleged murder for hire plot. a lawsuit filed by husband michael dippolito claims the informant who tipped off cops of the scheme was actually dahlia dippolito's lover. >> the report says the two met several times in a parking lot at a cvs and at a gas station. when the officer asked her if she was sure she wanted it done, she replied, quote, i'm not going to change my mind. i'm 5,000% sure i want it done. although they had evidence taken against her days earlier, police staged the murder scene at the couple's town home capturing the grieving wife and then minutes later flipping the script on her. >> problem, the hit man is the cop. >> in a lawsuit filed by the would-be victim, husband michael dippolito claims he signed over ownership of his $250,000 townhouse the same day an informant told cops dahlia dippolito wanted her husband murdered. >> i didn't do anyth

that was the day of dahlia dippolito's arrest. by thursday she was out on $25,000 bond and an attorney had filed an action to try to recover from her the property that she had persuaded her husband to sign over to her just days before. friday, of course, a petition for dissolution of marriage is filed on behalf of michael. here we are monday uks #, and we have an injunction that has been filed on michael's behalf. >> to john, friend of the intended victim, michael dippolito, the new hubby. john, what can you tell me about the husband filing this protective order? i mean, she is out on bond. >> hi, nancy. how are you doing? >> repeat? >> hello. >> hi, dear. your friend filed an order of protection. is he concerned she may try again? >> absolutely. >> why? >> well, i mean we're all in shock that she's been put out on bail, number one. somebody like this should really be behind bars. >> and there you see her walking along. she was a workout enthusiast, let's say, at the la fitness center, probably bopping along on the elliptical list

dahlia dippolito tried to pay a hitman $3,000 to kill her husband. turns out that hitman was an under cover police officer tipped off by a confidential informant. the report says the two met several times in a parking lot at a cvs and in a gas station. when the officer asked if she was sure she wanted it done, she replied, quote, i'm not going to change my mind. i'm 5,000% sure i want it done. >> the man allegedly targeted for a murder for hire plot by his own wife is speaking out and a judge ordered suspect dahlia dippolito to stay away from her husband of six months. >> although they had evidence against her taken days earlier, boynton beach police clued michael in and staged a murder scene at the couple's town home capturing the grieving wife and minutes later flipping the script on her. >> problem? uh-oh, the hitman is a cop. >> i didn't do anything, and i didn't plot anything. >> they're breaking the news to her. all of the cops know she set the thing up according to them. according to this cop that she's trying to hug, he barely got the words o

dahlia dippolito is accused of trying to hire a hitman to take him out. at 6:00 this morning detectives knocked on his door. they told him his wife was trying to kill him and staged a crime scene. his wife sobbed uncontrollably when she arrived. michael confronted her at the police station. he says there was nothing to say. michael was shown the recording. >> i saw it. i'm okay with it. >> straight out to the lines. rosalynn in ohio. hi, dear. >> caller: hi, how are you? >> i'm good. what's your question? >> caller: i just wondered if there was a large life insurance policy she stood to inherit, if there should not be some kind of waiting period. they were only married six months. >> what do we know? what could be the possible motivation? >> well, these are the kinds of things that detectives are looking at now. don't forget, this only happened between friday and wednesday. there are really a lot of details to go through. these are the interviews that they'll have with michael. don't forget, he just found out about this whole plot yesterday morning, so th

afternoon she's on her way to the palm beach county jail after boy boynton beach police say dahlia dippolito paid a hit man $3,000 to kill her husband. turns out the hit man was an undercover police officer tipped off by a confidential informant. she says she didn't do it. >> it's 10:50. i should have been dead at, like, 9:00. >> she was working out at la fitness gym, when police called her to return to the home. it was taped off, and detectives roaming the property like it was a crime scene. >> no, no! >> here is a woman who is saying she's 5,000% sure she wants to pay for her husband to be killed and then at the scene you have a woman who is sobbing uncontrollably because she's just learned that her husband is dead. >> oh, my god. >> just divorce me and take everything, i mean, that's the best way, right? i mean, i don't understand. >> straight out to ashley glass from wpec joining us there in palm beach, florida. ashley, what happened? >> well, i saw this woman today for the first time up in court for her first appearance, and it was like i was looking at a different person. you saw the y

. >> reporter: but police say 26-year-old dahlia dippolito did plot something, the murder of her husband, and actually hired someone she thought was a hit man. >> but the twist is that that man was an undercover boynton beach, police officer, who she hired to kill her husband. >> reporter: police say she offered to pay $4200 for the killing and provided photos of her husband and her house. >> we have her on surveillance video talking about wanting her husband dead and saying she's 5,000% sure that she wants this done. >> reporter: her husband, 38-year-old michael dipollito was alerted by police and was never harmed. >> technically, if it's 10:50, i should have been dead at like 9:00. so i'm an hour and a half on the good side, i guess. >> reporter: at the supposed crime scene where dahlia dippolito began to sob and sob, officers continued to play along. >> at that point she was brought to a vehicle and brought back here to the police department. where she came face-to-face with the man who shot her husband twice in the head. >> reporter: or so she thought, police say. before finally lear

but police say dahlia dippolito unknowingly hired an undercover cop to do the job. police then planned this elaborate sting operation, faking her husband's death, calling her to the staged murder scene. they catch her entire tearful reaction on tape. in the end she's arrested and she comes face to face with not only the hitman but her husband, who is alive and well. how about that? call in, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. here to talk about it, we've got our expert panel joining us. jennifer bonjean is with us, criminal defense attorney. good to have you back, jennifer. also with us, stephanie slater. she's a spokeswoman for the boynton beach police department. stephanie, before we go on, we have the video clip of the reaction. now, this is -- correct me if i go astray, stephanie, this is the murder scene, or fake murder scene is staged, cops call up the wife, dalia, and tell her, come on in. and they break the news to her. watch and listen to her reaction. >> no, no! no! no! >> all right. there it is. stephanie, were there any actual tears coming out as we listened

dahlia at this gym, calling her to come home immediately. when she arrived, she got the tragic news that her husband was dead. police then took dippolito to the station, and put her face-to-face with the hitman, who was actually the undercover detective. and then, the biggest shock. her husband appeared. >> when she saw her husband and realized he was alive, she gasped a very loud oh, my god, with her eyes very wide. it appears she was shocked at the moment that her plan wasn't real. >> it took a while to resonate. there was a lot of funny business going on for a long time. unexplained money and things. it just makes a lot of sense. and it's like a movie. you know? >> reporter: mike dippolito says he doesn't know why she was allegedly wanted to kill him. cash he gave her for bills would go missing. and he was getting notes on his truck, demanding money. she is now charged with solicitation to commit first-degree murder. safe to say the honeymoon is probably over at this point. >> but the husband is remarkably bouncy for the news he's just learned. more to come on this story. >> happy to be alive. >>> let's turn now, to the big question