Crime & Safety
Woodland Hills Man Gets 14 Years in Teen's Heroin Death
Brett Michael Cronin, 24, pleaded no contest to the charge that he supplied the drug to his younger brother's 13-year-old friend at a sleepover.
A Woodland Hills man was sentenced Monday to 14 years in state prison for furnishing heroin to a 13-year-old boy who died of an overdose last summer.
Brett Michael Cronin, 24, pleaded no contest on April 2 to the charge that he supplied the drug to his younger brother's 13-year-old friend at a sleepover last Aug. 8.
Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Karen Nudell dismissed related charges of murder and child abuse as part of the plea negotiated with prosecutors.
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A Los Angeles Police Department statement released at the time of the boy's death said Topanga homicide detectives determined that Cronin bought heroin and injected himself and then injected the 13-year-old.
-- City News Service
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