Man admits to providing drugs that killed Michigan student

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A man charged with providing a dose of illegal drugs that killed a University of Michigan music student has pleaded guilty.

The Ann Arbor News reports (http://bit.ly/1ETzk7m ) 20-year-old Brandon Phillips could serve up to 20 years for selling heroin and cocaine to 20-year-old Bruce Ketterer. Phillips pleaded guilty Thursday to delivery of a controlled substance causing death and other charges in two cases.

Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Darlene O'Brien agreed to sentence the Ann Arbor man to 5 to 20 years in prison.

Ketterer was found dead by his roommates at their rented house on May 26.

Police said that Phillips made a remark to them that he wanted to become the go-to heroin dealer for University of Michigan students.

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Information from: The Ann Arbor News, http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor