MAN GETS PRISON FOR NOT HELPING TEEN WHO OVERDOSED

A 21-year-old Puyallup man who failed to help a 16-year-old girl who
overdosed after taking Ecstasy was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a
half in prison and intensive substance-abuse treatment.

David Morris apologized to Danielle McCarthy's family and friends
during the Everett sentencing hearing, said Snohomish County Deputy
Prosecutor Coleen St. Clair. Morris pleaded guilty in November to
controlled-substance homicide.

In addition to prison time and drug treatment, Morris will serve a
year and a half of probation.

On Dec. 21, 2006, Morris drove McCarthy and her classmate Donalydia
Huertas from Puyallup to parties in Edmonds and on the University of
Washington's Greek Row, according to changing papers. Witnesses said
that during the evening, McCarthy took Ecstasy that Huertas bought
from Morris, charging papers say.

Huertas, 18, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and
controlled-substance homicide, which could result in a prison term of
more than eight years. Her trial is slated to begin next week.

"One thing is clear in this case: Danielle McCarthy did not need to
die," St. Clair said. "None of them got her medical assistance when
she clearly needed it."