Richard Allen Fowler, 55, allegedly offered to pay $4,500 to the "hitman" -- actually an undercover Gwinnett County deputy -- to kill a woman, Channel 2 Action News is reporting.

Fowler, of Norcross, allegedly told the deputy he wanted the woman killed because she had caused him problems.

Now he has even bigger problems. Fowler is charged with criminal attempt to commit a crime and criminal solicitation, both felonies. He is being held without bond at the Gwinnett jail.

Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais said more information on the case would be released Tuesday afternoon.

Fowler had been jailed for terroristic threats and criminal trespass.