Prosecutors say 25-year-old Scott Berkett is expected to plead guilty later this month.
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The federal charge usually carries a sentence of up to 10 years, but prosecutors have agreed to seek no more than five.
They say Berkett tried to hire a hitman to kill a woman he met online back in 2020.
After meeting in person, she apparently tried to break off the relationship.
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In an interesting plot twist, the supposed hitman Berkett hired off the dark web was really an undercover agent.