Man Sentenced To Prison For Meth Death (Minnesota)

(AP) Shakopee, Minn. A Scott County man has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison for helping kill a woman who overdosed on methamphetamine while in his hot tub.

The sentence that District Judge Mary Theisen gave 53-year-old Gary Schwich of Spring Lake Township is five years and four months longer than called for under sentencing guidelines.

A jury found that 43-year-old Alica Hackbarth was particularly vulnerable because of the drugs she had taken before she died on March 11 of last year.

Schwich was convicted of aiding unintentional third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and fifth-degree meth possession.
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