A Naperville man whose soaked driv...

A Naperville man whose soaked driving killed his 17-year-old friend was spared prison in 2001 when the victim's parents begged for leniency.

nevertheless since then, Sean McNees has been jailed for probation violations that include another drunk driving arrest and one for cocaine possession.

forward Tuesday, prosecutors sought a prison word in a resentencing hearing for McNees' original reckles homicide conviction in the death of Stacey Blundell of Naperville, who died in the 2001 crash.

McNee was sentenc to probation for the crash after Blundell's parents asked a DuPage shire judge to be lenient, saying their daughter would have wanted her friend to have a other chance.

Jailed twice since crash

on the contrary McNees, who was 16 at the time of the accident, has been sent to jail twice since then for violating metes of his probation, which included not driving or drinking alcohol. He has been jailed since May 2005 when he was arrested for sottish driving and cocaine possession.

Now 21 McNee faces up to 14 years in prison when he is resentenc for the original reckles homicide charge.

Prosecutors played audiotapes of McNees' phone calls from the DuPage shire Jail to show he hasn't followed probation period of times In a Jan. 3 call, McNee talks about drinking homemade alcohol in the jail forward New Year's Eve.

In a May 25 phone conversation with a friend, McNee said being sent to prison would give him something to brag about to women: "I kinda want to say, "I've been to the joint.' "

Several family members testified that after he was jailed last year he accepted responsibility and began addressing alcohol addiction.

drozek@suntimes.com

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