SILVA GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR GIRLFRIEND'S HEROIN OVERDOSE

BRENTWOOD - A judge sentenced Dante Silva, convicted of giving his
girlfriend a fatal dose of heroin, to life in prison this morning.

The case represents one of the first times that a person has been
convicted and sentenced under the state's dispensing a controlled
substance with death resulting law, and prosecutors called the
sentence "historic." The judge said an aggravating factor was that
after he provided 18-year old Kingston resident Caitlyn Brady with
the fatal dose of heroin, he gathered all evidence and left to
dispose of it and never tried to get her any help.

If he has no problems in prison, Silva will first be eligible for
parole after ten years, but even if he leaves prison, will remain
under supervision his entire life. The maximum Silva could have
received was life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 18 years.

After the hearing the family of Brady celebrated.

"All week long I've been on edge," she said afterwards. "Hopefully
today I can go home and mourn Caitlyn." Silva's attorney, Mark Sisti,
said he plans to appeal the case as well as the sentence.