In the policy that was ultimately issued, Norman obtained a $200,000 policy with a $200,000 accidental death rider that would pay out if Montgomery died of anything besides natural causes, and a $50,000 10-year term rider that would pay out if Montgomery died within a decade of the policy being approved. In October 2015, the pair submitted three separate life insurance applications, each of them containing false information regarding Montgomery’s income, net worth, medical history, employment, and family background. Norman also attempted to collect on his nephew’s life insurance policy but was denied due to a lack of documentation.Īccording to prosecutors, Norman conspired with his insurance agent, Yaghnam, to fraudulently obtain the life insurance policy on Montgomery. In the days following Montgomery’s death, Ellis made several bank deposits totaling $9,000. That same day, Hill placed a call to an individual in jail and discussed both Montgomery’s murder and the $5,000 payment. Prosecutors say on March 16, 2020, Travell Hill received a cash payment of $5,000 from Tim Norman.
District Court Judge John Ross presiding.įederal prosecutors claim that in March 2016, Norman contacted and communicated with Terica Ellis, an exotic dancer living in Memphis, Tennessee, who told Norman via cellphone she would be in St. Jurors were seated Tuesday to hear opening remarks in the case against Norman, with U.S. The restaurant and family were the subjects of a reality show produced by Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network, “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.”
Norman is the son of Robbie Montgomery, who founded the soul food restaurant Sweetie Pie’s in north St. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James Timothy “Tim” Norman, who operated his own Sweetie Pie’s in Jackson, Mississippi, took out a $450,000 life insurance policy in 2015 on his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., with Norman named as the sole beneficiary.
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LOUIS – The son of a famed local restauranteur is on trial for allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against his own nephew in order to cash in on a six-figure insurance policy.
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