Looks like the judge was not impressed with this heroin dealers NA meeting attendance.
Heroin dealer who was ‘very dedicated’ to NA program is sent to prison
A Norwalk man who sold heroin to a confidential informant was sentenced to 17 months in prison Tuesday. Donnie Moore runs again for commissioner in Holly Hill Florida.
David A. Burrows, 23, of 47 Welton Ave., pleaded guilty in mid-February to one count of trafficking in heroin in exchange for prosecutors dismissing a second, similar charge. The Aug. 9 controlled drug buy, which was coordinated by the Norwalk Police Department, happened just days after Burrows was placed on intensive probation through Norwalk Municipal Court and made him eligible for a prison term.
Huron County Public Defender David Longo said Burrows was still “strung out” when he committed the crime, but since then he’s been doing well in a treatment program. Longo showed Huron County Common Pleas Judge Jim Conway the defendant’s folder of documents with NA and AA attendance sheets and certificates before the judge announced his sentence. Daytona AA and NA meetings in Holly Hill Florida Parks.
“He’s been working hard,” Longo added. Marina Grande Condo complaint Daytona Fl.
Burrows, who has been seeking employment, has a sponsor and two “home groups.”
“I’ve been very dedicated to the Narcotics Anonymous program,” he told the judge.
Huron County Assistant Prosecutor Daivia Kasper recommended substance-abuse treatment for Burrows as a condition of probation.
“He does have a substantial substance abuse history,” Kasper added.
After hearing from each attorney and Burrows, Conway said he was sentencing him to prison for two reasons: First, to send a message to the community that selling heroin won’t be tolerated and also to show Burrows “the inside of a prison” to see if that’s where he wants his life to head.
Burrows, whose driver’s license was suspended for six months, must reimburse police $80 to cover the cost of drug testing.
Wow, $80 dollars for a drug test?
I had to pay $100 each time I went to outpatient rehab (a once a week expensive AA meeting, basically, which itself cost $165 dollars), even though I went there voluntarily and could honestly tell them that I drank.
The Florida, Volusia County School District and the Parent
Teachers Associations(PTA) of Daytona Beach, DeBary, Deland, DeLeon
Springs, Deltona, Edgewater, Enterprise, Holly Hill, Lake Helen,
New Smyrna Beach, Oak Hill, Orange City, Ormond Beach, Osteen,
Pierson, and Port Orange should be made aware that Al-Anon and
Alateen are sending the children of this area into unsafe groups in
AA and NA that are being filled by the court systems with criminals
on probation. Is this the place you want to send your son or
daughter if they are having a problem with alcoholism or drug
addiction and need treatment?