Friends say man died after drinking heavily

A man found dead on Mon­day, Dec. 26, 2011, at a local home died from an alco­hol over­dose, accord­ing to authorities.

Welling­ton police were called to 124 Wheel­ing Ave. around 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 26 in ref­er­ence to Tyler McLean, 20, in full arrest.

When offi­cers arrived, McLean was dead.

Accord­ing to a police report, on Dec. 25 McLean called his friend, Tay­lor Fortier, and said he had a bot­tle of vodka and wanted to come over. McLean told Fortier he wanted them to mourn the death of Fortier’s brother, Anthony Erick.

Erick died after falling from a bal­cony while on spring break in Miami in 2011.

McLean came to Fortier’s house on Wheel­ing, but Fortier said he missed his brother and didn’t want to drink, accord­ing to the report.

Fortier told offi­cers that McLean drank an entire bot­tle of vodka by himself.

McLean, Fortier, and two oth­ers went to the back deck for a cig­a­rette, and McLean fell asleep, accord­ing to the report.

Fortier and his friends tried to wake McLean, but then moved him into Fortier’s bed­room, put him on a mat­tress, and put a pil­low under his head, accord­ing to the report.

Fortier told offi­cers they heard McLean snor­ing from about 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., accord­ing to the report.

Around 8:30 a.m., Fortier said he woke up and noticed that McLean “did not look well,” woke his brother and they called 911, accord­ing to the report.

The offi­cers inter­viewed Fortier’s brother, Aaron Fortier, and his story was the same, accord­ing to the report.

Offi­cers also inter­viewed Collen Fud­erer and Allie Quin­tile, who said they started CPR on McLean until offi­cers arrived. Fud­erer and Quin­tile said vomit started com­ing out of McLean’s nose.

Offi­cers noted that drug para­pher­na­lia was in “plain view.”

Accord­ing to the release, Lorain County coro­ner Stephen Evans said McLean appeared to have died between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Results from the coroner’s office are still pend­ing. How­ever, police chief Steve Rollins said it appears that McLean died from an alco­hol overdose.

“We’re wait­ing on the results from the coro­ner,” he said. “He’s still wait­ing on the blood work to come back.”

Rollins said that at this time, it doesn’t appear charges will be filed against any­one in ref­er­ence to McLean’s death.

How­ever, he said he will decide about other charges, includ­ing drug pos­ses­sion charges, after the offi­cial results come back from the coroner.

Rollins said most of the drugs that were found were mar­i­juana. He said the other items are being tested, and he’s still wait­ing on those results.

On July 23, 2009, McLean was involved in a crash that killed 48-year-old Lorain County Com­mu­nity Col­lege instruc­tor Mau­reen Ciarrone.

Cia­r­rone was walk­ing on Betts Road just west of Baird Road around 7 p.m. when she was struck by a red 1995 Ford Ranger, dri­ven by McLean.

Cia­r­rone was sur­vived by her hus­band, John, and four children.

While McLean faced charges of vehic­u­lar manslaugh­ter, a grand jury chose not to indict him.

McLean was a 2010 grad­u­ate of Black River High School and employed by Whirl­away in Welling­ton. McLean was most recently liv­ing in Welling­ton, accord­ing to his Face­book page.

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