Man in U.S. Army extradited to CT to face charges in murder-for-hire plot initiated by brother

A man has been extradited from Texas to face charges in connection with a murder-for-hire plot allegedly planned by a Connecticut prisoner, marking the second arrest state police have made in the investigation.

State police detectives flew to Fort Worth, Texas on Wednesday to take custody of 30-year-old Jeremiah Peikert and escort him back to Connecticut to face charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to a child, according to Connecticut State Police.