{"id":6406,"date":"2011-05-12T11:29:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T18:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=6406"},"modified":"2011-05-12T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T18:36:38","slug":"jail-time-for-adult-who-bought-alcohol-for-deadly-teen-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=6406","title":{"rendered":"Jail time for adult who bought alcohol for deadly teen party"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHEHALIS – The Onalaska man who allowed a teenage drinking party at his home after which a 15-year-old boy died from alcohol poisoning was sentenced yesterday to nine months in jail.<\/p>\n

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Nickolas Barnes<\/p><\/div>\n

James W. Taylor, 30, was taken into custody following the proceedings yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.<\/p>\n

Taylor was initially charged with second-degree manslaughter but pleaded guilty in February to lesser charges including furnishing liquor to minors and failing to summon assistance.<\/p>\n

Judge Nelson Hunt said the outcome might serve as a caution to adults who facilitate binge drinking.<\/p>\n

The sentencing ends a case that began when high school sophomore Nickolas Barnes passed out in Taylor’s front yard, following a drinking game in which he and another teenage boy reportedly downed more than 11 shots of vodka.<\/p>\n

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James W. Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n

Prosecutors alleged Taylor told the teenagers to “let him sleep it off.”<\/p>\n

Nickolas was found not breathing an hour or two later; his friends had removed his clothes and written on his body with a black marker.<\/p>\n

Taylor and another man took him to a hospital, but Nickolas died two days later, on Sept. 21, 2009. His blood alcohol level was .32.<\/p>\n

Nickolas’s grandmother Susan Patterson spoke for his family when she addressed Taylor, a father of several children.<\/p>\n

“It’s been one year, seven months and 20 days since Nick died because you didn’t call 911,” Patterson said.<\/p>\n

“I pray you will never ever know the empty feeling that is in our hearts over the loss of a child,” she said. “I hope the hands you put your children’s lives in know how to call 911.”<\/p>\n

Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer explained the plea agreement saying no amount of time will make up for what happened, but “we believe with the facts we have, this is the best outcome.”<\/p>\n

Defense attorney Don Blair told the court his client made a decision he will regret the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

Taylor apologized for everything that happened.<\/p>\n

“I don’t expect forgiveness or anything, I know what happened and there is nothing much to say,” he said. “I’m sorry Barnes family for your loss. If I could take his place, I would.”<\/p>\n

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Read more on the plea agreement in “Onalaskan offers mixed pleas in teen’s alcohol poisoning death” from Thursday Feb. 24, 2011, here
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\nRead about the party in “Remembering Nickolas Barnes” from Thursday Sept. 23, 2010, here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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