Seven-Year Sentence for Glenview Man Convicted of Drug-Induced Homicide

Glenview man Cary Cohen, 25, was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday at the Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie, Triblocal reported yesterday.

Cohen’s sentence is three years in the making. According to prosecutors, in Dec. 2009, Cohen purchased ‘bad heroin’ in the city, and then brought it back to Glenview and gave it to friend, then 21-year-old Laura Grace Riley. Soon after, Riley went into a coma and died six days later on Dec. 18. Cohen pleaded guilty to drug-induced homicide, according to Triblocal.

Cohen has been in jail since his 2009 arrest, Triblocal reported, and prosecutors said he will have to serve at least 75 percent of his sentence.

Riley wrote poetry and was an active student athlete. A 2006 graduate, she also attended Oakton Community College. Hundreds of comments from family and friends mark her memory on a dedicated Facebook page. 

To read the full story including further details about Riley and what her mother had to say at the sentencing, click here.   

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