Man gets 30 years for providing beer, car keys in fatal accident

LAWRENCEVILLE - A Gwinnett County man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for giving beer and car keys to a 14-year-old who wrecked a car, killing his brother and another teen-ager. <br> <br> Luis Guzman, 31, of Stone Mountain was convicted Friday of vehicular homicide in the deaths of Robert Hernandez, 12, and Matt Sartor, 16, also of Stone Mountain. <br> <br> The sentence was five years short of the maximum Guzman faced on seven charges, including furnishing alcohol to minors. It also far exceeded the two-year sentence given to Joey Hernandez, 14, for driving 60 mph in a 15-mph zone before crashing the vehicle on May 9, 2000. <br> <br> Prosecutor Phil Wiley said that in previous cases, adults faced civil lawsuits, not felony charges, for allowing teens to drink and drive. <br> <br> ``It&#39;s certainly rare that a prosecutor will approach it that aggressively,&#39;&#39; said Rick Malone, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia. <br> <br> ``There has been a lot more attention to teen-age driving and those who furnish teens with alcohol. And someone needed to step up,&#39;&#39; Malone said.

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