BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Two former Boulder County Deputies have been sentenced Thursday after they were found guilty of manslaughter for the way they dealt with an intoxicated 23-year-old again in Sept. 2018.
James O’Brien and Adam Lunn have been sentenced to 6 years and three years in jail, respectively.
Physique digital camera video captured the evening deputies O’Brien and Lunn transported the intoxicated 23-year-old.
On Sept 8, 2018, the deputies have been taking Demetrius Shankling to a detox heart.
The physique digital camera video reveals the deputies put Shankling on his face contained in the cramped van. Then, 16-minutes later, deputies arrived on the detox heart they discovered Shankling unresponsive and never respiration.
He was positioned on life assist however died 27 days later at a Denver hospital.
An post-mortem revealed Shankling died from positional asphyxia based mostly on how he was positioned within the van.
The deputies’ lawyer argued this was an accident and stated you may inform from the video, the 2 deputies have been extraordinarily involved after they discovered him unconscious.
Nonetheless, a decide dominated it was deputies who prompted his dying. O’Brien and Lunn have been convicted in August of 2021.
