Montgomery gets three life sentences

STAFFORD — Jermaine Montgomery was sentenced this week to three life sentences for the murder of Chinese-food delivery driver Yong Hui Zhang.

Montgomery, 35, was sentenced June 29 in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to charges of capital murder with robbery, abduction with intent to extort, and robbery, with the terms each carrying a sentence time of 99 years. 

A jury trial for Montgomery was originally set to begin Aug. 31, prior to the plea. 

Zhang, 24, went missing the night of July 3, 2008 after delivering Chinese food for his parents’ Fredericksburg restaurant, China Express. Police say Montgomery and his girlfriend Marcey White called the restaurant for an order so that they could rob the delivery driver.

After Zhang went missing, he was later found stabbed to death. Montgomery and White were soon accused of abducting Zhang and stealing his credit card.

Montgomery was later charged in Zhang’s death.