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ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) – A 22-12 months-aged Maryland person will invest the rest of his lifestyle behind bars for the execution-model killing of two young gentlemen in 2019.
On Friday, a Montgomery County Circuit choose sentenced Andy Panton to two existence sentences with out the possibility of parole furthermore 60 yrs.
Two families are sensation a semblance of justice figuring out Panton will invest the relaxation of his everyday living in jail.
Panton was convicted of coming up powering 24-yr-previous Christian Roberts and 23-calendar year-outdated Jordan Radway and killing them in what prosecutors connect with “execution design and style.”
“These two youthful gentlemen were being actually executed, shot from powering, in a car, in Silver Spring,” Montgomery County District Lawyer John McCarthy explained. “Sadly, and I’ve spoken to the family members about this, this is an additional instance exactly where a younger person’s life was lost in the county over marijuana.”
Law enforcement identified Roberts and Radway shot to loss of life within a crashed car in White Oak, Maryland, in January 2019.
The incident stemmed from what investigators consider was a cannabis offer.
Panton and two others, Noah Barnett and Dontaye Hunt, have been billed.
Barnett was sentenced to 42 years. Hunt’s sentencing is next Friday. Both equally guys are 21 years aged.
The family members of Radway and Roberts say justice is served, but not all they are owed.
“This component is not over. We even now have a person a lot more sentencing hearing to go via and this section of our life will be around just after Friday and we nevertheless have to navigate a whole life of not getting our sons all-around,” Christian Roberts’ father, Donald Roberts, reported.
The two family members say their sons had entrepreneurial minds that weren’t in a position to see individuals dreams occur to fruition.
“Justice was served but it doesn’t make it any less difficult for us,” Jordan Radway’s father, Peter Radway, explained.
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