ANN ARBOR (AP) - A 37-year-old Michigan woman has been sentenced to a year behind bars and five years of probation for supplying drugs that killed a friend in 2016.
The Ann Arbor News reports Lisa Mae Shears cried as she was sentenced last Thursday in the death of 32-year-old Evan Guenther of Gregory, who died after taking fentanyl-laced heroin. She pleaded guilty in September to one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance.
Shears and her attorney said Guenther was the best friend of Shears' brother, who died about 10 years ago. She asked: "Why couldn't it just have been me?"
Prosecutors say Shears, who previously had her bond revoked for failing drug screenings, may be released to inpatient treatment while serving her sentence.
Published: Mon, Oct 29, 2018
