| Hazelden releases book on celebrity addict stories
The Hazelden Foundation, Minnesota-based substance abuse treatment center with a national reputation, is releasing a book detailing the addiction battles of celebrities. Hazelden, which has treated many big-name actors, musicians and personalities for drug and alcohol addiction, said it will publish a book called "The Harder They Fall", which tells the stories of celebrities rise to fame, descent into addiction, and recovery. Among those profiled are comedians Richard Pryor and Richard Lewis, musicians Grace Slick and Alice Cooper, media pundit Glenn Beck. .
Péladeau in state of shock, lawyer says
A haggard-looking Anne-Marie Pladeau appeared in Quebec Court yesterday afternoon to face three counts of drug trafficking. The 42-year-old media heiress was arrested late Thursday at her Garnier St. apartment in the Rosemont district as part of a police investigation into her activities, Montreal police Constable Anie Lemieux said yesterday. The police report alleges that on Thursday and on July 26, Pladeau trafficked or was in the possession of heroin, cocaine and crack. .
Gloucester man gets three years for selling Oxy
A Grove Street man was sentenced to three years in state prison for selling an undercover state police officer 100 OxyContin tablets from his home in 2005.
Joseph Klyce, 41, of 78 Grove St., pleaded guilty in Lawrence District Court last week to possession of oxycodone, the opiate painkiller that includes the brand name OxyContin, with the intent to distribute.
Police said Klyce sold $6,000 worth of OxyContin to an undercover agent at his Grove Street home in late April 2005 and was arrested May 19, 2005, for trafficking OxyContin in a school zone.
An undercover agent met Klyce in the parking lot of the Grant Circle shopping center April 27, 2005, and then went with him to his home at 78 Grove St., where Klyce sold the agent 100 OxyContin pills for $6,000, according to the police report.
Grand Jury Clears Trooper
CANTON, N.Y. A grand jury cleared a New York state trooper in the shooting death of a man. Trooper Amanda Reif of Canton responded to a domestic dispute at the home of Steve McUmber in Potsdam June 18. Police say when Reif approached the house, McUmber shot her in the shoulder. Reif returned fire and killed McUmber. A state police internal investigation already determined the death was a "justifiable homicide." ll/cdo NYS Troopers
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SPECIAL REPORT - Quincy’s drug problem: Drug-related arrests have skyrocketed, thanks in part to cheap heroin and easy ...
QUINCY - The suspected drug dealer kept pit bulls. Knowing this, detectives worked on a plan to get at him without being mauled by the dogs. Soon, word came that the man had a fresh supply of crack cocaine.After dark, four police officers staked out the house on Keyes Street in Quincy Point. Detective Brian Coen, disguised as an animal control officer, knocked at the door and told the suspect, Michael D. Franklin, there had been complaints about his dogs fighting; Franklin quickly agreed to cage the animals. That's when police pulled out the search warrant. They found 20 grams of crack and four illegal handguns. Franklin was charged with cocaine trafficking and weapons offenses.Drug busts such as this one July 18 have become increasingly common in Quincy, where the number of drug-related arrests last year shattered previous records and heroin, OxyContin and cocaine overdoses occurred at a far higher rate than the state average.Through mid-July, the Quincy Police Department's six-man drug control unit has made 124 arrests and seized an assortment of narcotics, including 186 small bags of heroin, nearly 300 OxyContin pills, 90 grams of powder cocaine and 23 grams of crack.
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