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| Justice Given For Drinking Death Of Teen |
| By theolympian.com |
| Published: 12/01/2010 |
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OLYMPIA – A Tumwater woman pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 27 months in prison Tuesday for providing liquor to a 17-year-old boy who died in her home last year due to complications from acute intoxication. Roxanne Johnson, 67, did not address the court during her plea and sentencing hearing before Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy. On the morning of Aug. 21, 2009, Cherokee Lincoln, 17, was found dead at Johnson’s Israel Road apartment. Johnson told Tumwater detectives that the night before, Lincoln had appeared to be in a “drunken stupor” while he and a group of teens were at the apartment, “drinking and playing cards,” court papers state. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney David Bruneau told Murphy before sentencing that during Johnson’s interactions with law enforcement and court officials after Lincoln’s death, they were all struck by her “singular lack of remorse.” Bruneau also said Johnson had a history of taking in underage boys and “plying them with alcohol.” Read More. |
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