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Founder of anti-drug program caught in drug sting
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Founder of anti-drug program is held in drug sting
REDONDO BEACH -- The founder of a Marina del Rey-based anti-drug organization has been busted in an undercover drug sting.
Kendall Craig Farris is charged with selling pills to an undercover Redondo Beach police detective.
The 47-year old former addict is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the Over the Wall Foundation.
He was arrested Tuesday at the Starbucks coffee shop on Sepulveda Boulevard in El Segundo.
The bust was made after Farris handed over an envelope in exchange for $480 dollars.
The envelope was supposed to contain methamphetamine and Ecstasy.
Inside it was filled with rock salt and antihistamines.
Farris won praise from local agencies for turning his life around to preach against drugs to schools and youth groups.
He started Over the Wall in 2007 after overcoming 15 years of drug and alcohol abuse that landed him in prison.
He was convicted of various crimes, including robbery, theft and forgery, which he said he committed to fund his drug habit.
While in prison, he wrote a book, "Drugs, Kids and Crime: Surviving our Drug Obsessed Culture," which drew attention from schools and youth groups.
After his release, Farris started giving talks about his experience and even developed a workshop program.
Betsy Spier, a marriage and family therapist who is on the Over the Wall board of directors, said she was shocked by the arrest.
She said she did not know if Farris had relapsed or needed money, but that he had having trouble sustaining the foundation.
KTLA News
June 13, 2009
Kendall Craig Farris (Booking Photo / June 12, 2009)
Kendall Craig Farris, who heads the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey, is arrested after an undercover Redondo Beach officer is sold fake methamphetamine and ecstasy tablets.
By Jeff Gottlieb
June 13, 2009
June 13, 2009
Kendall Craig Farris' website is filled with influential endorsements for the drug prevention program he founded. Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl called them "amazing tools which our schools and communities desperately need" and thanked Farris for meeting with him and his staff.
Something went wrong, however, and Farris was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks in El Segundo after Redondo Beach police set up a drug buy over the phone.
Something went wrong, however, and Farris was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks in El Segundo after Redondo Beach police set up a drug buy over the phone.
Farris, 47, arrived at the coffeehouse in a taxi, police said. An undercover officer gave him an envelope containing $480 in exchange for methamphetamine and ecstasy tablets, which turned out to be fake, authorities said. Farris was arrested at 3:40 p.m.
Farris was arraigned Friday on charges of selling a substance that he alleged was drugs. He is being held on $106,500 bail and could not be reached for comment.
Farris, according to his website, was founder of the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey and a recovering alcoholic and addict. His mission, he says, is "to help youth, schools, and families prevent drug and alcohol abuse before it starts, and intervene in any drug abuse which may already have begun."
Farris was arraigned Friday on charges of selling a substance that he alleged was drugs. He is being held on $106,500 bail and could not be reached for comment.
Farris, according to his website, was founder of the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey and a recovering alcoholic and addict. His mission, he says, is "to help youth, schools, and families prevent drug and alcohol abuse before it starts, and intervene in any drug abuse which may already have begun."
He is the author of "Drugs, Kids and Crime: Surviving Our Drug Obsessed Culture."
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KTLA News
June 13, 2009
Kendall Craig Farris is charged with selling pills to an undercover Redondo Beach police detective.
The 47-year old former addict is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the Over the Wall Foundation.
He was arrested Tuesday at the Starbucks coffee shop on Sepulveda Boulevard in El Segundo.
The bust was made after Farris handed over an envelope in exchange for $480 dollars.
The envelope was supposed to contain methamphetamine and Ecstasy.
Inside it was filled with rock salt and antihistamines.
Farris won praise from local agencies for turning his life around to preach against drugs to schools and youth groups.
He started Over the Wall in 2007 after overcoming 15 years of drug and alcohol abuse that landed him in prison.
He was convicted of various crimes, including robbery, theft and forgery, which he said he committed to fund his drug habit.
While in prison, he wrote a book, "Drugs, Kids and Crime: Surviving our Drug Obsessed Culture," which drew attention from schools and youth groups.
After his release, Farris started giving talks about his experience and even developed a workshop program.
Betsy Spier, a marriage and family therapist who is on the Over the Wall board of directors, said she was shocked by the arrest.
She said she did not know if Farris had relapsed or needed money, but that he had having trouble sustaining the foundation.
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