The son of the owner of a St. Louis-situation soul meals restaurant that become once the surroundings for the actuality imprint “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” has been charged in a execute-for-hire keep apart of dwelling that resulted within the loss of life of his nephew four years ago
August 19, 2020, 4: 51 PM
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ST. LOUIS —
The son of the owner of a St. Louis-situation soul meals restaurant that become once the surroundings for the actuality imprint “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” has been charged in a execute-for-hire keep apart of dwelling that resulted within the loss of life of his nephew four years ago.
James Timothy Norman, of Jackson, Mississippi, become once arrested Tuesday within the March 14, 2016, fatal shooting of his nephew Andre Montgomery, who become once gunned down strategy a park in St. Louis. Norman, the 41-year-dilapidated son of Sweetie Pie’s owner Robbie Montgomery, faces a federal charge in St. Louis of conspiring to employ interstate commerce products and companies within the commission of a execute-for-hire, ensuing in loss of life.
The U.S. Criminal reliable’s office in St. Louis said in a knowledge release that Norman conspired with a lady, Terica Ellis, of Memphis, Tennessee, in Montgomery’s killing. In 2014, when Montgomery become once 18, prosecutors yell Norman got a $450,000 life insurance protection protection on his nephew that listed Norman as the sole beneficiary.
Prosecutors notify within the criminal complaint that within the day’s leading up to Montgomery’s loss of life, Norman flew to St. Louis from Los Angeles, where he become once dwelling on the time, and Ellis traveled to St. Louis from her dwelling in Memphis.
On the day of the killing, Ellis dilapidated a transient cellular telephone to resolve Montgomery’s pronounce, then she called Norman. Ellis’ cellular telephone pronounce positioned her strategy Montgomery on the time of his loss of life, in step with the complaint. Straight away following the shooting, Ellis positioned another name and then started traveling help to Memphis.
Prosecutors yell Ellis, who faces the same charge as Norman, later deposited extra than $9,000 in income a complete lot of bank accounts. A week after the killing, Norman contacted the life insurance protection firm in an strive to receive on his nephew’s protection, prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors declined to negate who become once the alleged shooter.
Each and every Norman and the sufferer, who become once Robbie Montgomery’s grandson, looked on “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” which ran for five seasons on the Oprah Winfrey Network initiating in 2011, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Before opening the restaurant, Robbie Montgomery become once a backup singer for Ike and Tina Turner.
