Magee sentencing for manslaughter set for Friday

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 January 2025 at 11:13 am

ALBION – The sentencing for Noah Magee has been moved from Wednesday to Friday at 10:30 a.m.

Magee, 20, on Dec. 4 was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Roger Kingdollar III, age 24.

Magee faced a more serious charge of second-degree murder but was instead found guilty of second-degree manslaughter.

Orleans County Court Judge Sanford Church said on Dec. 4 the case didn’t meet the level of “depraved indifference to life” for second-degree murder but did for manslaughter, which is “recklessly causing another person’s death.”

Magee could have faced up to 25 years in prison if found guilty of second-degree murder. With the manslaughter charge, he faces 5 to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced. He has been held in the county jail without bail until sentencing.

Magee also was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving and failure to keep right.

Magee was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado truck when crossed over the center lane and went to the north side of McNamar Road on Feb. 8, 2024. Kingdollar was driving a dirt bike on the north side of the road.

The truck struck the dirt bike’s handle bars. Kingdollar suffered a fatal fracture in his neck.