Belle Plains Murder: Stuart Sullivan Sentenced Tuesday

A Stafford County man was sentenced to almost 13 years in prison Monday, Nov. 23, for his part in the murder and burial of a man on Belle Plains Road in 2007, according to The Free Lance-Star.

Stuart Lee Sullivan Jr., 50 of Stafford, was convicted in December of 2013 for the murder of Jason Plaster. Plaster’s body was found on Belle Plains Road in May of 2013, six years after he had been reported missing.

Sullivan, William Hughes and Dennis Paul Benzie were all involved in Plaster’s death, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Hughes was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the crime. According to the Free Lance-Star, he reportedly was upset that Plaster exposed himself to Hughes’s wife and attempted to have sex with their daughter.

The three men lured Plaster to the crime scene where Hughes shot him with a Derringer handgun and Sullivan followed with several shots from a 9mm pistol.

Sullivan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced Monday with the lowest possible term in prison, 12 years and 9 months, The Free Lance-Star reports.

Hughes was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving his 27-year sentence while Benzie testified against Hughes for a plea bargain that gets him off murder charges, but is awaiting sentencing for drug-related charges.

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