225-Year Prison Sentence Given To Armed Robber From Prince George's

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — The man convicted of armed robbery after planning in-person meet-ups to exchange goods he sold online has been sentenced to 225 years in prison.

Davon Wider received the sentence of 225 years in prison, suspended all but 39 consecutive years. Of that sentence, the first 15 years are to be served without the possibility of parole.

Wider used Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp to arrange fake jewelry purchases before luring victims to the Peppermill Community Center and robbing them at gunpoint, the prosecution stated.

Wider was convicted of four counts of armed robbery, four counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, four counts of illegal possession of a firearm by a prohibited person under the age of 21, one count of carrying a handgun and two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.