South Florida

Dalia Dippolito's Lawyers Asking Judge to Remove House Arrest While Awaiting Next Trial

A woman wants more freedom as she awaits a third trial on a 2009 murder-for-hire charge, following a mistrial last month.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports Dalia Dippolito's attorneys asked a judge this week that she be removed from house arrest.

Arguing this week that Dippolito, 34, is “neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk,'' the defense is asking Circuit Judge Glenn Kelley to end Dippolito's 24-hour curfew, confinement at her mother's house and constant tracking by law enforcement.

But ex-husband Michael Dippolito wants her to be kept under close watch, considering that she's accused of trying to have him killed by a hit man, who turned out to be an undercover Boynton Beach police officer.

Her request could be considered at a Friday hearing.

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