[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by buggyone

What could motivate such a thing?

Check page A10 of this morning's (8/28) Daily Sun. Apparently, the 88 year old veteran was the crack cocaine dealer to the teenagers and he had shorted them on a recent transaction.

Read the article again, kiddo.

This "information" was in a letter from one of the teens arrested to his mom giving her reasons why he did it.

I am very skeptical.

[elizabeth52]

The article does not identify him as a crack dealer! It only says that the teen claims that he was. Big difference. The police say that there is no evidence to support this claim.

[buggyone]

Personally, I would not believe that the WWII veteran was a crack dealer. The letter found on one of the teens is just a smokescreen to create some doubt. Obviously, the teen was not a pillar of society but still knew some of the legal ins and outs of the judicial system.

As always, these little filler articles in the newspapers do not go into any depth - and that is not a reflection on the Daily Sun. I like the Daily Sun a lot.