Brutal Attack of McLean Couple: Fired Attorney Pleads Guilty for Her Role: Report

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Alecia Schmuhl, the second half of the husband-wife duo who authorities say terrorized and tortured a McLean couple, pleaded guilty Monday to five charges related to the Nov. 9 attack, The Washington Post reported.

The 32-year old Springfield lawyer sobbed during the plea agreement hearing with prosecutors, The Post reported. The agreement calls for a prison sentence of 10 to 45 years. A sentencing hearing is scheduled in January.

Schmuhl's husband Andrew Schmuhl, 33, was sentenced in June to two life terms plus 98 years for the attack on attorney Leo Fisher and his wife, Susan Duncan, of McLean and Judge Randy Bellows affirmed that in August.

Fisher is a managing partner at the Arlington law firm, Bean, Kinney & Korman, where Alecia Schmuhl had worked. After she was fired from the firm, the two Springfield lawyers hatched a plot to terrorize Fisher and his wife, according to police.

The two drove to the McLean home in 2014 with a a taser, duct tape and throw-away cell phones; Andrew Schmuhl gained entry by flashing a fake badge and stating he was with the "Virginia SEC." Although she stayed in the car during the three-hour ordeal, surveillance video later showed Alecia Schmuhl purchasing a Taser gun before the attack.

During the torture session at their home -- which including Schmuhl stabbing, slashing, Tasering and shooting a gun, according to reports -- Susan Duncan was able to sound an alarm that contacted police, prompting the Schmuhls to flee the home. The two were picked up after a car chase with Andrew Schmuhl wearing only a diaper.

Schmuhl's attorney said his client was intoxicated on drugs and didn't remember the attacks. Both Fisher and Duncan survived.

Photo of Alecia Schmuhl courtesy of FCPD