QUENTIN THACKER - 14 yo - (2009) Lebanon OR

A Lebanon woman has been charged in the death of a teen who was found dead in a ditch earlier this year.


Adrian Renee Rodriguez, 38, is charged with nine counts of
furnishing alcohol to a minor. Linn County sheriff's detectives
determined that 14-year-old Quentin Thacker died after using marijuana
and consuming alcohol at a party hosted by Rodriguez. His body was
found near her house.

The charges against Rodriguez involve eight other minors besides
Thacker. Rodriguez remains at the Linn County Jail, where she has been
in custody since October 13 following an arrest on an unrelated parole
violation.* * * *


A Linn County grand jury has indicted a Lebanon woman on charges
of furnishing alcohol to a 14-year-old boy who died last January
from "asphyxiation by drowning."

Sheriff Tim Mueller said the grand jury indicted Adrian Renee
Rodriguez, 38, Thursday in connection with the death of Quentin
Alexander Thacker. He had attended a party at the Rodriguez home,
1190 S. Ninth St. on Jan. 18, 2009. He was found dead in freezing
weather about 120 yards south of the house in a ditch in a vacant
field.

A toxicology test indicated that he had a 0.21 percent blood
alcohol level, and he tested positive for marijuana.

The charges against Rodriguez involve eight other minors in
addition to Thacker, the sheriff said. She was charged with nine
counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor and one count of
frequenting a place where controlled substances are used.

Rodriguez is in the Linn County Jail, where she has been since Oct.
13, when she was arrested on an unrelated parole violation.

Additional charges against Rodriguez and others are possible,
Mueller said.

The sheriff said the investigation took a long time to
complete.

"Many people at the party told conflicting stories about what
happened there," he said. "Basically, people were lying, but our
detectives were able to figure out exactly what happened."

Thacker was a freshman at Lebanon High School and was walking in
the vacant lot when he fell face down into the drainage ditch.
Neighborhood children found him later.

At first the death was called suspicious because of his age, even
though there were no signs of trauma, Mueller said, and because the
cause had not been determined.

Thacker's death was not the first tragedy to happen to the family.
His mother was killed by her boyfriend two years before in a
murder-suicide in Springfield, and his grandfather died shortly
after that.

Lebanon woman arraigned for furnishing alcohol to minor


Adrian Renee Rodriguez of Lebanon was arraigned Tuesday in Linn County Circuit Court on charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor who later died.

Rodriguez, 38, is charged with a total of eight counts of providing alcohol to minors, including Quentin Alexander Thacker, 14, who died last January of “asphyxiation by drowning.”

She also faces one count of frequenting a place where controlled substances are used.

Judge Carl Brumund appointed Albany attorney Kirk Tibbets to represent Rodriguez. The judge set her bond at $7,500. Rodriguez remained in the Linn County Jail this morning, where she has been since Oct. 13 when she was arrested on an unrelated parole violation.

Her next court appearance on those charges is set for 8:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7.

During her court appearance on Tuesday, she also was arraigned on two drug charges unrelated to the Lebanon case.

In the second instance, she is charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of amphetamines. She will appear on all of the charges against her on Dec. 7.

A Linn County grand jury indicted Rodriguez in the Thacker case in October.

Thacker had attended a party at the Rodriguez home, 1190 S. Ninth St., on Jan. 18, 2009. He was found dead in freezing weather about 120 yards south of the house in a ditch in a vacant field.

A toxicology test indicated that he had a 0.21 percent blood alcohol level, and he tested positive for marijuana.

Thacker, a freshman at Lebanon High School, was walking in the vacant lot when he fell face down into the drainage ditch. Neighborhood children found him later.

Sheriff Tim Mueller said at the time of the indictment that the investigation took an exceptionally long time to complete.

Many people at the party told conflicting stories about what happened, he said. “Basically, people were lying, but our detectives were able to figure out exactly what happened.”

http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_2b83e916-df7d-11de-8a04-001cc4c03286.html

Rodriguez sent to county jail
Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:45 am


Adrian Renee Rodriguez, 38, of Lebanon pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 to four counts of furnishing liquor to a minor and one count of possession of methamphetamine.

Rodriguez was sentenced to 270 days in Linn County Jail. She has a release date of June 18, 2010.

One of the counts for furnishing involved Lebanon teen Quentin Thacker, who was found dead in a ditch on Jan. 18, 2009.

A toxicological examination showed that, at the time of his death, Thacker had a blood alcohol concentration of .21 percent.

http://www.lebanon-express.com/news/local/article_488a6a4e-0552-11df-90c0-001cc4c002e0.html