One of two people charged as accessories in a November murder in Sidney has pleaded guilty and will testify against the man accused of the actual killing.

35-year old Billy Fields admitted with his plea that he helped 33-year old Jason Custer flee Sidney after Custer allegedly killed 36-year old Adam McCormick on November 3rd in a dispute over $160 in drug money.

Fields faces up to 5-years in prison on the felony charge of Accessory to a Felony, but won’t be sentenced until the murder case against Custer is done.

As part of his plea bargain, Fields is also required to tell police whatever he knows about the location of a short, black rifle believed to be the murder weapon.

Prosecutors say Fields and Custer’s girlfriend, Amber Davis, both helped Custer flee to Big Springs after the shooting, then provided misleading information to police.

Fields denied being with Custer during the evening, and Davis said initially that she had been returning home from Colorado. She then said Fields had told her that Custer had been fighting with McCormick and needed a ride out of town because of arrest warrants from California.

The pair later admitted to investigators that they’d driven Custer to a hotel in Big Springs, with Fields saying he knew Custer had shot someone. Custer was arrested a short time at the hotel.

Davis has pleaded Not Guilty to two misdemeanor accessory charges…obstructing justice and false reporting…and is scheduled for a status hearing later this month on the 28th. Her trial is scheduled for March 15th.