Danbury Gangsters Thwarted in Hit Attempt

DANBURY, CT --- Police in Bridgeport arrested four Danbury men after an investigation uncovered a plan to kill an auto shop owner there.

Jason “Hood” Scott, 35, Luis “Kermit” Mejias, 31, and Dominick “Dom” Gonzalez, 21, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and are also held in lieu of $1 million bonds. Police charged the man who planned the hit, Luis “Pops” Mercado, 51, with conspiracy to commit murder and third-degree attempted arson. He was being held in lieu of $1 million.

The men had been the focus of an ongoing Bridgeport PD investigation involving a dispute over $8,000 owed for a marijuana transaction between a group in Danbury and the owner of the body shop on Wood Avenue in Bridgeport. The Danbury group had arranged for a "hit" on the shop's owner and the destruction of his shop.

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