Not Straight Enough
“He’s been trying to get himself straightened out,” says William Parrish Sr., the father of William Parrish Jr. of Ocala, Fla.; his son has been fighting an opiate addiction. But after a series of drug overdoses in the city, police say they traced the source of the illicit drugs: the trailer home where Parrish Jr., 32, and his girlfriend, McKenzee Dobbs, 20, set up a drive-thru window to sell opiates. The window even had a commercial sign when they were “Closed — Please Call Again” and a clock face to say when. Why? Because they “didn’t want to draw attention” to the home by having buyers come in and out the front door, police say. An undercover officer was able to drive up and buy drugs, and the couple was arrested. But Parrish Sr. is upset: the overdoses in the area that clued police in are “a lie,” he says. (RC/WFTV Orlando, Miami Herald) ...That’s the funny thing about the truth: saying it’s a lie doesn’t change it.Original Publication Date: 30 September 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
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