Update 06/06/2022 12:00pm:
According to reports, Travell Hill was convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire along with another count of murder-for-hire in the killing of Andre Montgomery Jr.
30-year-old Hill reportedly pleaded guilty this past Friday while in federal court. In his plea agreement, Hill admitted to shooting and killing Montgomery on March 14, 2016. Hill murdered the grandson of Robbie Montgomery, the founder of Sweetie Pie’s, and was reportedly paid several thousand dollars for the murder. Hill said he met up with the uncle of Andre Montgomery—James Timothy Norman, and after their meet-up “it was Hill's understanding that Norman wanted Hill to kill Montgomery.”
Both of the counts that Hill pleaded guilty for carry a mandatory life sentence in prison. The shooter is scheduled to be sentenced on September 20, 2022.
source: KDSK
Original 08/19/2020 1:04pm:
James Timothy Norman, co-star of the former OWN show "Welcome to Sweetie Pies" and son of the star, Miss Robbie, was arrested and charged for his role in the 2016 murder-for-hire killing of his nephew and Miss Robbie's grandson, Andre Montgomery.
According to documents, Norman, who owns Sweetie Pies restaurant, took out a $450,000 life insurance policy on Montgomery in 2014. He then allegedly communicated with a woman named Terica Ellis via burner phones to pull off the murder. Ellis and Norman were in communication the day of the murder, and the feds claim they pinged Ellis' phone near the scene of the crime in St. Louis.
Norman reportedly left town following the murder, deposited $9,000 in cash into various bank accounts, and contacted the life insurance company in an attempt to collect on the policy. Both Ellis and Norman are facing the same murder-for-hire conspiracy charge.
Source: TMZ
