The Stoughton teen convicted of vehicular homicide for crashing his car into a tree in East Bridgewater nearly two years ago, killing four of his friends, was sentenced Monday to state custody until he’s 20 years old, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced.

Stoughton Man Committed To State DYS Custody For Motor Vehicle Homicide That Killed Four Young Men pic.twitter.com/dyfpob6yBU — DA Tim Cruz (@PlymouthCtyDAO) March 9, 2020

Brockton Juvenile Judge Dana Gershengorn sentenced Naiquan Hamilton, 19, to the maximum sentence of commitment to the state Department of Youth Services until he turns 20.

A jury found Hamilton guilty on four counts of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation on Feb. 12, according to a press release from Cruz at the time, but he was found not guilty on four counts of manslaughter by motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and four counts of motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of drugs.


On May 19, 2018, when Hamilton was 17, he crashed his car around 4:06 p.m. at 558 West St. (Route 106).

Three of the teenage passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and one was taken to Brockton Hospital, where he later died. All four were Hamilton’s friends.

The victims, Eryck Sarblah, 17, of Stoughton, Nicholas Joyce, 16, of Stoughton, David Bell, 17, of Stoughton, and Christopher Desir, 17, of Brockton, were all Stoughton High School students.

“The four families of these young victims were impacted irretrievably and permanently by Naiquan Hamilton’s actions on that day,” Cruz said. “With the enormity of their loss and their extreme grief in common, these families have come together and formed a tight-knit group of support. I hope that Mr. Hamilton will go on to become a productive member of society and live his life in a way that honors the four lives that he took away.”