MINNEAPOLIS, July 25 (UPI) -- The brother of the late NHL forward Derek Boogaard appeared in a Minneapolis court Monday to face charges he supplied the drugs that helped kill Boogaard.
Aaron Boogaard, 24, of Regina, Saskatchewan, appeared in Hennepin County Court on a felony charge of third-degree sale of a controlled substance and a gross misdemeanor count of interference with a death, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
Boogaard didn't enter a plea during the hearing, in which Judge Regina Chu reminded him that a condition of his $10,000 bail forbids alcohol or drug use and requires submitting to random testing, the newspaper said.
Boogaard is also facing federal charges immigration violations, for which no court date has yet been set.
Authorities say Aaron Boogaard supplied his 28-year-old brother with non-prescribed painkillers before his May 13 death from an overdose of oxycodone and alcohol.
Derek Boogaard played five seasons with the Minnesota Wild and then one with the New York Rangers, gaining a reputation as one of the NHL's most-feared "enforcers."
