James “Tim” Norman.
Welcome to Sweetie Pie’sstar James ‘“Tim” Norman was convicted of commissioning the murder-for-hire plot that killed his nephew and co-star in 2016.
On Friday, Norman, 41, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in the March 2016 shooting death of his nephew Andre Montgomery Jr., according to apress releasefrom the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri.
The jury’s verdict came after deliberating 17 hours over three days, according toSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Norman arranged the murder of his nephew through intermediaries in an attempt to cash out on a $450,000 fraudulent life insurance policy that he took out on Montgomery in 2015, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri.
The life insurance policy included “numerous false statements regarding Montgomery’s income, net worth, medical history, employment and family background,” the release stated.
Andre Montgomery Jr.OWN
Norman’s co-defendants including Travell Anthony Hill, Terica Ellis and Waiel “Wally” Rebhi Yaghnam plead guilty before trial, the release stated.
“On the day of Montgomery’s death, Hill and Norman met in St. Louis and Norman told Hill that a woman would be calling with Montgomery’s location,” the release stated. “After receiving a call from the woman, Terica Ellis, Hill fatally shot Montgomery with a .380-caliber handgun at 8:02 p.m. and then disposed of the gun and his phone. He was later paid $5,000.”
Norman was arrested on federal charges and wasbookedinto the Madison County Detention Center on Tuesday in August 2020, WLBTreported.
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“There exists probable cause to believe that James Timothy Norman conspired with Terica Ellis and/or others known or unknown to investigators at this time to use a facility of interstate commerce, namely, a cellular telephone, to commit a murder-for-hire in exchange for United States currency,” the complaint stated.
The complaint said that Norman took out multiple life insurance policies on Montgomery in 2014, listing himself as the sole beneficiary. Those policies include a life insurance policy for $250,000 through Americo Insurance Company, as well as two different policies through Foresters Insurance for $200,000 and $250,000.
In 2015, he attempted to obtain a replacement policy through Foresters Insurance, but was denied, according to the complaint.
Norman appeared with Montgomery on OWN Network’sWelcome to Sweetie Pie’s— which documented their family’s soul-food business — for nine seasons from 2011 to 2018.
source: people.com
