![]() and then disposed of the gun and his phone. After receiving a call from the woman, Terica Ellis, Hill fatally shot Montgomery with a. Louis and Norman told Hill that a woman would be calling with Montgomery’s location. On the day of Montgomery’s death, Hill and Norman met in St. Hill admitted that prior to Montgomery’s death, he met with a mutual acquaintance of his and Norman’s, who told Hill that Norman wanted Montgomery killed. On June 3, 2022, Travell Anthony Hill, now 31, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and one count of murder-for-hire. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri.Īnd everyone else involved went down too:Īll three of Norman’s co-defendants pleaded guilty before trial. James Timothy Norman, 41, was found guilty on all charges, including conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire resulting in death and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Norman told jurors he and his mother hired a private investigator to find and confront his nephew about the robbery but he had no intention of hurting him.You had him killed here and said all of that with a straight face.Īfter over 17 hours of deliberations, the jury in the trial of the son of Robbie Montgomery, reality TV star and owner of Sweetie Pie’s restaurant, who was charged with commissioning a murder-for-hire plot that killed his teenage nephew in 2016, issued a guilty verdict. ![]() ![]() Louis after at least $220,000 in cash, jewelry and other items were stolen in a June 2015 burglary at Robbie Montgomery’s home. Yaghnam pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and wire fraud in the case. Norman testified Tuesday that he took out the life insurance policy on his nephew to give a longtime customer of the family restaurants, Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, some business. Leonard said during his closing argument that Ellis testified to get a shorter sentence and said Hill admitted he was a heavy drug user and that he was “hopped up on drugs that day.” She said Norman created “an image of being a mentor and a father figure to all these people, but it’s fiction.” He said he sought to be a “father figure” to his brother’s son.įormer Sweetie Pie’s employees and other character witnesses testified that Norman and his nephew had a close relationship.ĭanis said all the testimony from the scheme’s co-conspirators was backed up in trial by texts, call records and location data. ![]() Louis about 18 months before he was killed and supported him financially because he was trying to watch out for Montgomery. In testimony during the trial, Norman said he helped his nephew move to St. They have both pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme. Prosecutors said Norman paid $10,000 to an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure his nephew to the site where he was shot and paid $5,000 to Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery.Įllis and Hill both testified for the prosecution in the case. Leonard argued in his closing argument that the murder plot presented by prosecutors was a “made up theory.” “This plan doesn’t exist but for Tim Norman’s greed,” Danis said. Attorney Angie Danis said Norman was the architect of the plan to kill Montgomery. Attorney Sayler Fleming said she was “very, very pleased” with the verdict but that her office would make no further statements until after the sentencing.ĭuring closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Leonard said the testimony during the trial of two co-conspirators was shown to be “extremely non-credible.” And he said Norman testified well during the trial, noting he was not cross-examined. He said they plan to appeal and that Norman continues to be optimistic that he will eventually prevail. 15.įederal prosecutors said Norman, 43, hired two people to kill the 21-year-old Montgomery on March 14, 2016, then tried to cash a $450,000 life insurance policy taken out on his nephew months earlier.ĭefense attorney Michael Leonard said after the verdict that he and Norman were “extremely surprised and disappointed in the outcome” of the case. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty but Norman could be sentenced to up to life in prison. Louis area by Robbie Montgomery - Norman’s mother and Andre’s grandmother. Norman and his nephew, Andre Montgomery, both starred in the long-running OWN reality show about a popular soul-food business founded in the St. ![]()
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