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Ill. teen sentenced in Wis. OD death

Associated Press - November 18, 2009 3:54 PM ET

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) - The last defendant has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in the heroin overdose death of a Wisconsin teenager last year.

Nineteen-year-old Christopher Dorris of Roscoe, Ill., also was sentenced to 3 1/2 years extended supervision for delivering or manufacturing heroin.

Dorris pleaded guilty in Rock County Circuit Court on Sept. 3 to the felony charge stemming from the death of 18-year-old Ryan Kennington of Beloit. Kennington died of a heroin overdose at his home on Nov. 27, 2008.

Court records say Dorris and three other teens supplied Kennington with the drug. Dorris told police he traded a bag of heroin to Kennington in exchange for a Starbucks gift card.

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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