the judge lynn cal and showed no -- callahan showed no sympathy sentencing heather and brenda frye for the death of grandson. >> the ultimate price is paid byandrew. >> reporter: tears filled the eyes of her the and brenda frye as the judge sentenced the mother and daughter to 9 years in prison. >> the issue is a personal responsibility and judgment and choices. [ music ] >> reporter: andrew frye an aspiring artist was found dead in hotel room on april 6th. >> she never thought r daughter would then be in a position to cause andrew any health problems. >> reporter: the women said they had checked into the hotel to go swimming but investigators discovered drug paraphernalianarsyringe in the room. all three were using heroin prior to andrew's death. >> i don't know. [audio not understandable] i have no idea i will tell you what. >> reporter: in court another uncle scott frye who teared upas he watched his mother and sister be sent to prison told us he hopes this is a wakeup call for the both of them. >> no matter what nothing can bring back andrew and so we just are going to remember him

prosecutors say the grandmother brenda frye delivered the drugs and the mother heather frye used the heroin with her son and a friend. 16-year-old andrew frye was found dead in the green hotel room last april. both pled guilty to involuntary manslaughterch friend and brenda frye's boyfriend who supplied the hair wane pled guilty. >>> man shot and killed by westlake police was carrying an air pistol. examining weather 25 -year-old devan desnoyers drew the gun e fled from a -- robbery and hit a officer's cruiser two officers fired shots e later died at the hospital. police say he may be tied to three other robberies of pain pills at ccs stores. -- cvs stores. >>> now here's maureen with the morning news feed. >> reporter: topping the morning news feed hurricane cholera there's 300 cases and 20 people died according to the health ministry. haiti has seen more than 10,000 deaths from the disease after the her the quake in 20 -- earthquake in 2010. haitian government has sanitation efforts in police to make sure cholera doesn't spread. world health organization is sending vaccination and

brenda frye got nine plus 18 months for a trafficking charge. both those stories illustrate how bad things have gotten. that's why cleveland 19 news is trying to raise awareness to the growing heroin and opiod epidemic. more information on how to spot the signs and resources log on to cleveland19.com and click on the your health tab. >> romona: here in the weather center with jeff. a gorgeous, warm day but you say don't get used to it. >> jeff: strap it i 78 the high today and windy. now the winds of change here comes the front. we have showers on the way here tonight. could be a little thunder in there. we are seeing a few storms here in michigan and a little bit of lightning in there as well. so don't be surprised if we do see just a little bit of thunder. the alert tonight for the showers, 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the time frame on that and winds are going to be gusting over 25 miles an hour. temperature tomorrow i'm going to tell you that. in fact, there could be a frost potential tomorrow night. here come the temperature changes. romona, over

heather frye, brenda frye and jessica irons are schedule to be sentenced at one o clock today in akron.rons are so be andrew's mother heather his grandmother brenda and their friend jessica pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges last month.h.last mo investigators say andrewa into the hotel..investigatorw wd they all started to do drugs stt when andrew's mother, sent him to the bathroom so she didn't have to watch him put the syringe in.o whenen tom she passed out and when she woke up, found andrew unconscious. he was positive for both heroin and fetanyl the heroin has been confirmed.nd fetany assisted with obtaining thesi product by family members who are supposed to be the ones to protect their children and arrived they say it was apparent the teenager was beyond help and he had been deceased for quite a while. the adults attempted to hide dren and needles and drugs in the roomwad but investigators found drug paraphernalia and syringes at the scene.ernalia and thank you. and other news this morning. a 22 year old canton man is 22 e behind bars this morning, facing charges for a

. >> this mother heather frye and her mother brenda frye boats pleaded guilty to voluntary matmanslaughter of andrew frye k in april. the summit county judge was not easy on the long-time mother and daughter addicts. >> both of you know the cycle you are in. mother, you know the cycle you were brought up in and yet your son in the same cycle. you knew he did the drugs. you knew he saw you do the drugs. >> reporter: long-time drug use as it often does turned deadly. it did for 16-year-old andrew frye. that fact was acknowledged by his uncle scott. >> no matter what, nothing can bring back andrew. so we just remember him in a good way. i think they're both remorseful >> how bad was the addiction? >> it was bad. they both had a bad addiction. >> reporter: the judge says the whole crime boils down to the lack of personal responsibility and bad choices. brenda, the grandmother, received nine years for involuntary manslaughter and 18 months for trafficking in heroin. heather gets nine years also for involuntary months for tampering with evidence. the bottom line it didn't have to lead to death b

frye at a hotel room in greenelo back in april. the summit county medical examiner says he tested positive for heroin and fentenal.n april. the scounty medical his mother heather grandmother brenda and another woman pleadea guilty to involuntaryn manslaughter charges last month. they will be sentenced in akron today at one pm.d pleadedar police say they all went to the hotel room because andrew wanted to swim.im. they started doing drugs and the teenager went to the bathroom to use the heroin because his mother objected to him using aje syringe in her presence. it's sad we have a senseless death of a 16 year old and it was enabled by family members.hs about two weeks prior toeeks pro andrew's death his mother,mothe, heather was stopped for driving with a suspended license.d licee in the car they found two meth andrew also had a previousls history with alcohol and drug abuse.o had what a horrible story.y. 16. so sad. thank you.u. after more than a decade ofso s. t discussions two akron high schools will now become one. the school board votedvoted unanimously to merge garfield and kenmore high schools. the board will decide next montm where the new high school will n be located an