Man pleads guilty in Fort Stewart sergeant’s death

ST JOSEPH, Mich. — A suspect in the killing of a U.S. Army sergeant from Michigan has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Jeremy Cuellar on Monday admitted to being a co-conspirator with Kemia Hassel in the New Year’s Eve 2018 murder of Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III.

The 23-year-old Hassel was fatally shot in an ambush while visiting his family in St. Joseph Township. A jury on July 18 found Kemia Hassel guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in her husband’s death. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 29.

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Spcs. Kemia Hassel and Jeremy Cuellar used social media to plan the murder of her husband, police say.

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Kemia Hassel and Cuellar, both soldiers themselves, reportedly were lovers and plotted the murder to collect Army death benefits and life insurance money. All three were soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia.

The 24-year-old Cuellar faces a minimum of 65 years in prison and could be sentenced up to life in prison for second-degree murder.

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