Police: Hitman hired for breast implant money

FOUNTAIN, CO Police say the teen planned to sell his mother's car and use her bank account.

Authorities say the mother was attacked with a small wooden baseball bat at her home Thursday but escaped.

Deputy Police Chief Mike Barnett says 18-year-old Nikita Lee Weis was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

Also arrested on the same charge were his girlfriend, 21-year-old Sophia Nicole Alsept, and the two men he allegedly hired. They are identified as 18-year-old Juan Antonio Velez Gonzalez and 19-year-old Brandon Michael Soroka.

All are being held on $50,000 bail.

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