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Indiana teen gets jail time for 2 brothers' overdose deaths

Posted May 13, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A teenager who authorities say brought prescription medications to a party two northern Indiana brothers attended before dying of overdoses will serve jail time after pleading guilty to a drug charge.

A St. Joseph County judge sentenced 19-year-old Kyle Treber to a two-year jail term Friday, with one year suspended and to be served on probation. The second year will be a combination of 90 days in jail and community corrections.

The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1TCavCl ) Treber pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of narcotics in exchange for prosecutors dropping three charges of dealing narcotics.

Treber admitting bringing the prescription painkiller oxycodone to a June 2015 party in Granger. Nineteen-year-old Nick Savage and 18-year-old Jack Savage were found dead the next day.

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Information from: South Bend Tribune, http://www.southbendtribune.com

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