30-year-old Jeremiah Peikert arrested in Texas for conspiring with brother Joshua Peikert, in prison, to hire a hitman for murder.

30-year-old Jeremiah Peikert, brother of inmate Joshua Peikert accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend and her family, has been arrested in Texas and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to a minor. Joshua Peikert allegedly attempted to orchestrate the murders while incarcerated at the Corrigan Correctional Center in Montville, Connecticut.