COEUR d'ALENE - The driver suspected of chasing three Coeur d'Alene teenagers preceding a fatal car accident near Twin Falls in September 2010 was sentenced to nine days in jail for a pair of alcohol infractions.

Kade D. Laughlin, 20, was released for Twin Falls County Jail Oct. 2, after reporting Sept. 29 for a probation violation related to a 2010 driving under the influence sentence.

Laughlin tested positive for alcohol on July 5, as well as admitted to Twin Falls County sheriff's deputies that he had drank beer on April 24, while he was on probation for DUI.

Laughlin - who faces a separate misdemeanor reckless driving charge for an alleged pursuit prior to a single car accident that claimed the lives of Coeur d'Alene teenagers Devon Austin, 19, and Ryan Reinhardt, 18 - was also sentenced to five days in jail for consuming alcohol as a minor.

Laughlin had admitted to drinking beer April 24 after being in a car that was pulled over by Twin Falls deputies. It was a violation of his probation, but Laughlin is younger than 21 years old as well.

According to Twin Falls court records, for that infraction Laughlin has been ordered to arrange a time with the probation and parole department to serve that sentence.

He was also placed on two years probation and ordered to pay $367.50 in fines and fees.

The reckless driving charge stems from an alleged chase in the early morning hours of Sept. 12, 2010, on a rural road outside Twin Falls, near Filer. Laughlin is accused of chasing Reinhardt's vehicle as Reinhardt, Austin and Jessica Duran left Laughlin's party.

Reinhardt's vehicle crashed around 1 a.m., and Duran, the lone survivor, later identified Laughlin as having chased them. That identification led to Laughlin's DUI arrest later that morning. The ensuing investigation, according to the Twin Falls Prosecutor's Office, showed that Laughlin had stopped the chase before the wreck, leading to the misdemeanor charge.

The maximum penalty for reckless driving is six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.