Lindale woman sentenced in connection to 2019 death

TYLER — Hannah McCartney, of Lindale, Monday was sentenced to a second 30-year prison sentence in connection to a 2019 murder. According to our news partner KETK, in December 2019, McCartney and Jared Freelen of Lindale were arrested in connection with the murder of LaDarus Bell, of Tyler. Freelen was sentenced in April by a Gregg County court to 30 years in prison for the murder of Bell. According to judicial records, McCartney, Freelen and Bell had a plan to rob a man in Longview but when they went to execute the plan, the intended victim fired at the three and a bullet hit Bell in the head. Instead of seeking medical attention for Bell, they drove to a rural area along FM 2089 near Overton and dumped Bell on the side of the road where he died.