Overview
- Kaleb Mickens, 34, was sentenced Monday to 40 years after pleading guilty to first-degree aggravated assault-family violence in connection with Sheila Cuevas’s 2023 death, prosecutors said.
- He told 911 that his dog, Soldier, killed Cuevas and the animal was euthanized, but investigators later ruled the dog played no role in her injuries.
- Prosecutors described a years-long pattern of abuse, and multiple women delivered impact statements detailing torment, manipulation, and sexual assault.
- Separate cases brought additional prison terms of 20 years on a probation revocation and 15 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, each involving a different former partner.
- Known online as Cash Cartier, Mickens used an IM Academy persona to recruit and control young people, and an FTC order in September 2025 fined two affiliates $10.5 million over false income claims.