Wesley Coonrod has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty Monday on two counts of involuntary manslaughter, felonies of the first degree, in the deaths of his sons Thomas and Stephen.
He was immediately sentenced to 20 years in prison by Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss, who told Coonrod that the court has not seen him take responsibility for the deaths of his sons.
"Not only did you not die, trying to save your children, you didn't even try," Coss said. "It appears to the court you did nothing ... You failed to protect your children. You say your children were your life ... There was also a lot of beer in your life."