The owner of a Florida tree service company will spend 15 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter of a child in the death of a 14-year-old employee. John Wilkes pleaded guilty and was sentenced in February.Wilkes’ intentions were good when he hired the boy. The youngster was following in the footsteps of his grandfather, the owner of another tree trimming company who had passed away about eight months before the 2013 accident. His mother thought he was just working on the ground, but he was 71 feet up a tree when he either cut his safety vest or it failed
