The Last Of The Defendants Arrested In A Drug-Trafficking Roundup In May 2006 In Southeast Fort Worth Was Sentenced Wednesday. FORT WORTH -- He called himself Tee. He was a dealer from the west side of Fort Worth who sold dope near Texas Christian University. He could foot the bill for big purchases if need be. But his supplier had just been taken down by the cops, so he needed a new source. That was April 2005, when he started hanging around a tightly knit east Fort Worth neighborhood controlled by the Crips, talking to the crack dealers on the street. [continues 1400 words]
FORT WORTH -- Five years ago, Deezmond Henson was a young at-risk student, seemingly headed for a brief, violent life on the streets. But he went to a military-style summer camp as part of DEFY -- Drug Education for Youth -- and things turned around. Now he's headed to the University of North Texas. On Saturday, Henson, 18, delivered a simple message to this year's 67 DEFY campers: "Stay away from drugs, and keep those you care about away from drugs." [continues 232 words]
GRAPEVINE -- Worried that her daughter was experimenting with drugs, a mother was wondering where she could turn for help. She found a lifeline in a packet called Vital Signs for a Healthy Community that gave her a telephone number for Grapevine-Colleyville school district's Instructional Support Center. There, counselor Marilyn Rice directed her to a Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer at her daughter's school. Vital Signs for a Healthy Community is a one-stop information resource created by the Instructional Support Center. [continues 577 words]
