Karen DeCosta, 52, of Revere, Mass., was charged Monday with trying to kidnap her daughter, who is in the custody of the girl’s father, and contracting to have him killed.

“She gave me some money up front and the deal was that she was gonna work out all the details and then we’d meet again tomorrow when I had the child and she’d give me the rest of the money,” the undercover officer told WCVB-TV.

Hm, I suspect there’s a good reason the courts took away custody from today’s Stupid Person of the Day.