A 42-year-old man will face nearly a year in jail after pleading guilty to providing alcohol to minors who were later involved in a fatal crash.
Trevor Guthrie, of Ringgold, Ga., admitted Monday in Hamilton County Criminal Court that he purchased alcohol for Ley Birmingham, 17, and knew that both Mr. Birmingham and Jonathan Crowe had been drinking when they left his residence.
On Feb. 3, 2008, Mr. Birmingham was driving Mr. Crowe’s vehicle at 6:18 a.m. when he lost control in a curve on the 9800 block of East Brainerd Road, left the roadway and struck a utility pole on the driver’s side.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.