Anti-Drug Activist Is Convicted of Cocaine Charges
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. — A leader in the group Parents Against Drugs has been convicted on cocaine charges and could be sentenced to life in prison.
Leon Thornton, a vice president of the neighborhood anti-drug group, was found guilty in federal court Thursday of four counts of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
Thornton became involved in the anti-drug group two years ago, about the same time he started selling crack, the potent derivative of cocaine, said Assistant U.S. Attorney George Martin.
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