| Emilio Martinez Gets Prison Time, Says He's "Scared to Death" To Go ...
A local judge administered justice to the third man involved in a plot to kidnap a man and beat him up. 24-year-old Emilio Martinez was sentenced for second degree kidnapping and destruction of evidence. Deputy Prosecutor Bruce Pickett argued Martinez was involved in the plan to beat up Jason Atwood last September over a drug dispute. Martinez admitted that he did the job to get more drugs. His attorney said Martinez doesn't need prison, he needs help for his drug addiction. Martinez told Judge Gregory Anderson that he is scared to death to go back to prison because he isn't the same person he was when he was in there before, as a hard-core gang member. Emilio Martinez: "I can't stand to even think of myself like that.
Consulting life's experiences: Drug rehabilitation counselor draws on ...
It is hard to find many individuals who will say their job saved their life, but Marvin Horn, drug rehabilitation counselor at Russellville's Freedom House, credits his workplace for just that.
A self-proclaimed alcoholic, Horn was not shy to tell The Courier how Freedom House not only helped him to beat his own addictions, but has also provided him with a fulfilling career.
Horn first entered treatment at Freedom House in January 1985 and has now been involved with the rehabilitation center for more than 20 years. At age 43, he enrolled at Arkansas Tech University, where he received a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation. Horn has also done some graduate work at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in rehabilitation science.
When asked to describe what he does at Freedom House, Horn quickly explained his job in one sentence.
Veterans battling homelessness
At the end of Steele's military career, he said his addiction began to get the best of him. He watched his life spiral downward as he tested positive during a drug screen around 1982. When a fellow air-traffic controller shot himself in the head with Steele's gun, Steele's life only grew more difficult. "That incident sure didn't help me," he said. Addictions grew worse and followed Steele when he ended his military career. Back to civilian life As a civilian, Steele said he still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, something he believes most veterans deal with after serving in the military. "When (veterans) get out of the military, it's like 'Now what do I do?' " Steele said. "They can't see anything beyond the military." Jon Shadrach, 49, a Marine Corps veteran and like Steele a Mission resident, knows how it feels to leave the military with a sense of emptiness when veterans return to civilian life.
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