Travel Hill, the suspect who fatally shot Andre Montgomery, Jr. in a four-person murder-for-hire case in March 2016, pleaded guilty in a federal court last Friday.
Hill is convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and a count of murder-for-hire in Montgomery’s killing.
Montgomery, who was 21 at the time of his murder, is the grandson of Robbie Montgomery, founder of the soul food restaurant Sweetie Pies.
Hill admitted in the plea agreement he shot and killed Montgomery in exchange for thousands of dollars. He met with James Timothy Norman, Montgomery’s uncle and Robbie’s son, on the day of the murder and was told to kill Montgomery.
Norman and Terica Ellis, an exotic dancer from Memphis dating Norman, are charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire.
Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, Norman’s insurance agent, the fourth suspect, is charged with mail and wire fraud and several counts of aggravated identity theft.
According to his plea agreement, Hill’s counts that he pleads guilty require a mandatory sentence of life in person. He is set to be sentenced on Sept. 20. A jury trial is scheduled for the other three defendants on Sept. 6. All three have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Norman or Ellis.
Robbie, Montgomery, and Norman starred in the OWN reality show, “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” which ran for five seasons from October 2011–June 2018.
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