‘Sweetie Pie’ Star Found Guilty in Nephew’s Shooting Death

‘Sweetie Pie’ Star Found Guilty in Nephew’s Shooting Death
James "Tim" Norman at Sweetie Pie's restaurant in St. Louis on April 19, 2011. David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
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ST. LOUIS—A federal jury on Friday convicted a former star of the St. Louis-based reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” of arranging the shooting death of his nephew.

The jury deliberated about 17 hours over three days before reaching its verdict in the murder-for-hire case against James “Tim” Norman, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.