Angela Nolen, Va. kindergarten teacher, pleads guilty to murder-for-hire plot targeting ex-husband

(AP) ROCKY MOUNT, Va. - A kindergarten teacher has pleaded guilty in Franklin County, Va. to trying to have her ex-husband killed.

Angela Nolen, 47, could get up to 40 years in prison.

Police say Nolen, of Moneta, paid an undercover state police agent $4,000 intending to kill her husband, Paul Strickler. Prosecutors say she planned to pay another $4,000 after the deed was done.

A co-defendant, school nurse Cathy Bennett of Rocky Mount, is accused of helping Nolen. She's charged with conspiracy.

Bennett remains free on bond. Her trial is set for July.

Nolen was a teacher at Sontag Elementary School. Bennett was a nurse at the school. 

Nolen is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 9.

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