Virginia Teacher & School Nurse in Murder Plot - Update

(Rocky Mount, Virginia) Earlier today, former kindergarten teacher Angela Nolen was sentenced to eight years in prison for soliciting the murder of her husband.

Last month, co-conspirator Cathy Bennett pleaded guilty to conspiring to solicit murder. She will be sentenced on October 10.

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Virginia Teacher & School Nurse in Murder Plot - Update
[Previous 6/25/13 post]
(Rocky Mount, Virginia) Kindergarten teacher Angela Nolen, 47, has pleaded guilty to soliciting to commit murder. Sentencing is scheduled for August 9.

School nurse Cathy Bennett goes to trial in July for conspiracy to commit murder.

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Teacher & School Nurse Accused in Murder Plot
[Previous 2/24/13 post]



Angela Nolen - Cathy Bennett
(Rocky Mount, Virginia)

Angela Nolen, a Franklin County kindergarten teacher, is charged with trying to have her ex-husband killed, and a school nurse is accused of helping her.

Virginia State Police arrested Nolen, 47, and Cathy Warren Bennett, 37, on Wednesday. Nolen is charged with solicit to commit murder and Bennett is charged with conspiracy. Both work at Sontag Elementary School.

Nolen is accused of paying $4,000 to an undercover state police agent who she believed was a hit man on Tuesday. She planned to pay another $4,000 after her ex-husband, 63-year-old Paul Strickler, was killed, state police Capt. George Austin told media outlets.

Details on booking are unavailable.