(Michigan City, IN) - A five-year prison sentence has been given to a Michigan City area man who gave his father a fatal dose of heroin last year.

27-year old Joshua Wozniak was sentenced for reckless homicide.

In January of 2019, authorities say Wozniak gave his 68-year old father a syringe full of heroin.

It proved fatal.

Evidence shows the father and son had a long history of using drugs together.

Wozniak will receive drug treatment while in prison.