Cocaine Bust Derails Fledgling GOP Congressman

Cocaine bust derails fledgling GOP congressman
Congressman Trey Radel addresses the media at his office in Cape Coral on Wednesday night Nov. 20, 2013. … In a flash, an ambitious lawmaker known to few outside southwest Florida became America's "Cocaine Congressman," the first sitting member of …
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Editorial: Radel must resign
Studies show that about half of the people who go through treatment stop using drugs. Many of those, however, are not a U.S. congressman, where temptations remain high. His alcohol and drug problems appear to have been a part of his life before he ran …
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Watertown man sentenced to 3½ years in prison for cocaine sale
He was sentenced in that case under the prison system's Willard Drug Rehabilitation Program. If an inmate completes the 90-day program, he serves the … He admitted that he used a credit card stolen from Denice Whiting to buy items at a town of …
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