Former College Station resident pleads guilty in murder-for-hire plot Nicholas Shaughnessy (Source: Travis County Sheriff s Office) By Adrienne DeMoss | April 7, 2021 at 3:18 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 4:01 PM
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - The son of a well-known Austin jeweler who was murdered in 2018 has pleaded guilty in the murder-for-hire plot.
Nicolas Shaughnessy, a former College Station resident, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday after plotting to have his father, Theodore Shaughnessy, killed in order to obtain up to $8 million in life insurance and business and personal property. Arieon Smith, who was also charged in the murder, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after also pleading guilty. Both men will be eligible for parole in about 20 years, according to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.
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