GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A pair of no contest pleas have been entered to two homicide cases involving a Green Bay man.
In Brown County court Tuesday, 31-year-old Matthew Moore reached a plea deal in the February 27, 2012 murder of Thomas Wick. Prosecutors reduced a charge of first-degree intentional homicide to first-degree reckless homicide.
Wick was found dead in the basement of his Howard home. Investigators believe that money may have been the motive for the killing.
Prosecutors say Moore and his fiancé, Katie Heller, owed Wick money after he sold them a house. Moore claims that Heller pulled the trigger 4 times, killing Wick.
Heller is also charged in the case and is due back in court April 5.
Moore also reached a plea deal in the May 5, 2013 drug overdose death of Spencer Patz. He pled no contest to first-degree reckless homicide/delivery of drugs and conspiracy to commit perjury.
Prosecutors say as part of the deal, they’ve agreed to recommend Moore be sentenced to 40 years in prison for the Wick homicide, and 5 years in the Patz case, to be served at the same time.
However, the judge reminded everyone that he could still sentence Moore to the maximum 60 years in prison for the Wick murder and 40 years for the Patz death.
