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Sweet Home man guilty of manslaughter in death of woman, child
Brian James McIntire faces 10 to 20 years in prison.
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 4:13 PM
Updated: Dec 22, 2020 9:32 AM
Posted By: Jolene Daib
ALBANY, Ore. – A jury found a Sweet Home man guilty of two counts of first-degree manslaughter following a trial in Albany.
Brian James McIntire, 30, was convicted in connection with a drunken driving crash that killed a Sweet Home mother and child on July 23, 2019.
First-degree manslaughter is punishable by 10 years in prison and is a Measure 11 crime, which means McIntire will not be eligible for early release from prison. He faces a prison term of 10 to 20 years, depending on whether the judge orders the sentence on the two counts served concurrently or consecutively.
Brian James McIntire, 30, is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 13 in Linn County Circuit Court.
A 12-member jury also found McIntire guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicants and fourth-degree assault, for injuring the driver of the other vehicle. The jury found McIntire not guilty of another charge of fourth-degree assault regarding a 3-year-old girl in the other car.
Emma Pulido, 5, and her mother Stormy Barge, 24, of Sweet Home were killed in the near head-on crash, which occurred at about 6:15 p.m. on July 23 on Brush Creek Road near Crawfordsville.
McIntire âmade a string of horrible, horrible decisions that resulted in a horrible tragedy,â said prosecutor Keith Stein, during closing arguments on Monday morning.