Alleged murder-for-hire suspect Kristopher Love is in FBI custody Monday.
According to the U.S. Attorney General's Office Love, 31, of Memphis, Tenn., is behind held on a federal charge for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Love was arrested last week on a state capital murder charge in connection with the Sept. 2 murder of dentist Kendra Hatcher in the parking garage of her Uptown Dallas apartment building.
According to the federal complaint, Love was convicted in 2005 of aggravated robbery in Shelby County, Tenn., and sentenced to eight years in prison. Love is not allowed to possess a firearm because of that conviction.
Police said in a search of the vehicle he was driving at the time of his arrest on Oct. 1, officers found and seized a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber pistol under the front seat of the vehicle.
The maximum statutory penalty for the offense as charged is 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
Love is expected to make his first appearance in federal court Tuesday.
