Man sentenced for murder of Maryland father, dumping body in woods
Maryland man gets 30 years for 2024 murder, body dumping; victim's family outraged
A Maryland judge has sentenced 28-year-old DeAngelo McRoy to 30 years in prison for his role in the 2024 fatal armed carjacking and murder of 35-year-old father Lonnie Sawyer.
ROCKVILLE, Md. - One of the men convicted of murdering a Maryland father in 2024 and dumping his body in the woods was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison plus a suspended life sentence.
The victim's family says the sentence doesn't go far enough.
Murder sentence
What we know:
DeAngelo McRoy was sentenced on Friday for the murder of Delondre Sawyer.
The sentencing guideline in this case was life plus 30 years, but Judge Sharon Burrell decided to suspend the life sentence. McRoy will be eligible for parole in about 15 years.
Victim's family ‘disappointed’ in sentence
What they're saying:
Sawyer's family say they were disappointed in Friday's sentence. FOX 5's Bob Barnard spoke with the victim's sister after the hearing, but said she was too upset to speak on camera.
Montgomery County prosecutor John McCarthy said "there's a great disappointment here," that McRoy did not receive the maximum sentence, saying that Sawyer had many family members in court Friday who gave emotional victim impact statements.
"I think they are extremely disappointed with the sentence that was given today, as we are," McCarthy said.
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Three people are in jail in Montgomery County, charged with the murder of a 35-year-old father. Police say the suspects shot Delondre Levert Sawyer inside of his car, then dumped his body in the woods in Gaithersburg.
The backstory:
McRoy is one of just three people charged with Sawyer's murder. Police say Sawyer met McRoy, along with Quinnton Eric Brown and Alicia Carson-Brown at an apartment in Germantown on Feb. 8, 2024.
Sawyer was driving his mom's car when he was shot, and police said the group robbed him and dumped his body in the woods off Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg.
Police said the suspects were caught on surveillance cameras at a Sheetz in Germantown near the dump site, trying to use Sawyer's stolen credit cards.
Brown was convicted of pulling the trigger last month. He will be sentenced in October. He faces a maximum sentence of life plus 135 years. Carson-Brown recently received a shorter sentence after cooperating with police.
The Source: Information in this story is from reporting by FOX 5 DC's Bob Barnard.