James "Tim" Norman, former star of the St. Louis-based reality show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's", was sentenced to life in prison for arranging the shooting death of his 21-year-old nephew in March 2016. His mother, Robbie Montgomery, and other family and friends had asked for leniency, but Norman was convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in October 2019. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole and 15 years concurrently for the armed criminal action charge.